Etsuko
Etsuko is a feminine Japanese given name. The most common meaning is joy child. Notable people with the name include:Etsuko Hirose , Japanese classical pianist Etsuko Ichihara , Japanese actress Etsuko Inada , Japanese figure skater Etsuko Inoue , Japanese tennis player Etsuko Ishikawa , Japanese actress and voice actress Etsuko Kobayashi , Japanese cricketer Etsuko Komiya , Japanese…
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Meaning & Origin of Etsuko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Etsuko is a feminine Japanese given name. The most common meaning is joy child. Notable people with the name include:Etsuko Hirose , Japanese classical pianist Etsuko Ichihara , Japanese actress Etsuko Inada , Japanese figure skater Etsuko Inoue , Japanese tennis player Etsuko Ishikawa , Japanese actress and voice actress Etsuko Kobayashi , Japanese cricketer Etsuko Komiya , Japanese…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Etsuko
American parents first put Etsuko on the record books as a baby girl name in 1921, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1925, when 12 Etsukos were born — ranking #2,778 that year. About 84% of every Etsuko on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Etsuko last appeared in the published SSA data in 1933, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 69 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Etsuko
Etsuko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 69 births in the dataset. Etsuko's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #2,778. Use the chart and map above to compare Etsuko'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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