Yoshio

Popularity Trends

The name Yoshio is the #6,565 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,175 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 15.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,430 (25.2% percentile) for all time with 1,175 births since 1910.

Yoshio first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (first recorded for boys in 1910). Birth data for Yoshio is available in 57 out of the 112 years between 1910 and 2021. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Yoshio reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 12.4% percentile (ranked #482) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 64 births per million (ranked 12.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yoshio".

1910 2021 19102021

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,175

Peak Births

Peak Year

1921

First Recorded

1910

Peak Percentile

12.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#482

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Yoshio", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Yoshio.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Yoshio's popularity from 1907 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Yoshio at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Yoshio range from Hideo at 96.3% correlation to Shigeo at 94.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 95.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Yoshiko with 1.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Shigeo with 427 births (100% boys).

Yoshio's share of births peaked at 64.2 births per million for boys in 1921. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (4% of peak) in 2006. In 2021, the most recent period with data, the name Yoshio had 3.2 births per million, 5% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Hideo

805

96.32% (very strong)

Kazuo

757

96.19% (very strong)

Minoru

675

95.42% (very strong)

Chiyoko

544

95.30% (very strong)

Yoshiko

1,329

95.05% (very strong)

Noboru

484

95.00% (very strong)

Mafalda

1,279

94.88% (very strong)

Toshio

737

94.49% (very strong)

Haruko

680

94.48% (very strong)

Shigeru

591

94.46% (very strong)

Isamu

562

94.38% (very strong)

Shigeo

427

94.15% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Yoshio

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Yoshio. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 61.5% confident that Yoshio is pronounced as YOH-shee-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yoh-SHEE-oh, at 38.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.

YOH-shee-oh

61.5%

yoh-SHEE-oh

38.5%

YOH-shee-oh (3 syllables)

61.5% confidence

Y OW1 SH IY0 OW0

yoh-SHEE-oh (3 syllables)

Verified

38.5% confidence

Y OW0 SH IY1 OW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like Y OW1 SH IY0 OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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