Meaning and history
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning “good luck,” 義 (yoshi) meaning “righteous,” or 良 (yoshi) meaning “good,” “virtuous,” or “respectable,” as well as other kanji read as yoshi.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 8 births, rank #8,915
2008: 12 births, rank #6,763
2009: 10 births, rank #7,692
2010: 9 births, rank #8,139
20112011: 17 births, rank #5,200
2012: 12 births, rank #6,626
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 7 births, rank #9,642
2015: 5 births, rank #12,086
20162016: 6 births, rank #10,744
2017: 8 births, rank #8,840
2018: 9 births, rank #8,154
2019: 12 births, rank #6,777
2020: 6 births, rank #10,605
20212021: 13 births, rank #6,335
2022: 14 births, rank #6,147
2023: 15 births, rank #5,927
2024: 9 births, rank #8,312
20252025: 7 births, rank #9,714
In 2025, 7 babies were recorded with the name Yoshi, ranking #9,714 among boys.