Eriko
Eriko is a feminine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Eriko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eriko is a feminine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Eriko
American parents first put Eriko on the record books as a baby girl name in 1972, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 12 Erikos were born — ranking #6,867 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 50% of all recorded Erikos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1998 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 78 Erikos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Eriko
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Eriko Arakawa ( 荒川 恵理子 ; born 1979) , Japanese female footballer
- Eriko Asai ( 浅井 えり子 ; born 1959) , Japanese long-distance runner
- Eriko Fujimaki ( 藤巻 恵理子 ; born 1974) , Japanese voice actress
- Eriko Fukuda ( 福田 衣里子 ; born 1980) , Japanese former politician
- Eriko Goya ( 呉屋 絵理子 ; born 1997) , Japanese footballer
- Eriko Hara ( 原 えりこ ; born 1959) , Japanese voice actress
- Eriko Hashimoto ( 橋本 恵理子 ; born 2006) , Japanese idol of the idol group AKB48
- Eriko Hatsune ( 初音 映莉子 ; born 1982) , Japanese actress
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About the name Eriko
Eriko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 78 births in the dataset. Eriko's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #6,867. Use the chart and map above to compare Eriko's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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