Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yoshihiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yoshihiko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Yoshihiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of よしひこ. In Japanese usage, Yoshihiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佳彦. In Japanese usage, Yoshihiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 吉彦.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yoshihiko
- Yoshihiko NodaPrime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012born 1957
- Yoshihiko MatsuokaJapanese association football playerborn 1977
- Yoshihiko OsakiJapanese Olympic swimmer (1939–2015)
- Yoshihiko HosodaJapanese actorborn 1988
- Yoshihiko YoshimatsuJapanese judoka (1920–1988)
- Yoshihiko SaitoJapanese hurdlerborn 1972
- Yoshihiko TakahashiJapanese baseball playerborn 1957
- Yoshihiko UmakoshiJapanese animatorborn 1968
- Yoshihiko HaraJapanese teacherborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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