Name profile

Yoshiko

From Japanese 良 meaning "good, virtuous, respectable", 芳 meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful" or 悦 meaning "joy, pleased" combined with 子 meaning "child".

Usage languagesJapanese
US rank (2007)#13,924

Meaning and history

From Japanese 良 (yoshi) meaning “good, virtuous, respectable,” 芳 (yoshi) meaning “fragrant, virtuous, beautiful,” or 悦 (yoshi) meaning “joy, pleased,” combined with 子 (ko) meaning “child”; the name can also be written with other kanji combinations.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
19881988: no US SSA record for this spelling
1989: no US SSA record for this spelling
1990: no US SSA record for this spelling
1991: no US SSA record for this spelling
1992: no US SSA record for this spelling
19931993: no US SSA record for this spelling
1994: no US SSA record for this spelling
1995: no US SSA record for this spelling
1996: no US SSA record for this spelling
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19981998: no US SSA record for this spelling
1999: no US SSA record for this spelling
2000: no US SSA record for this spelling
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2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
20032003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: no US SSA record for this spelling
20072007: 7 births, rank #13,924

Yoshiko rose from #943 to #902 for girls between 1925 and 1926. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 85 births.