Hatsuko
Hatsuko Morioka was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. She participated in two Olympic Games with Hideko Maehata, both of whom were from the same area, and Moriaka competed the individual 400 m and 4 × 100 m relay events at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics with the best result of fifth place in the relay in 1932.
Meaning & Origin of Hatsuko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hatsuko Morioka was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. She participated in two Olympic Games with Hideko Maehata, both of whom were from the same area, and Moriaka competed the individual 400 m and 4 × 100 m relay events at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics with the best result of fifth place in the relay in 1932.
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The Story of Hatsuko
The earliest SSA record of Hatsuko as a baby girl name dates back to 1911, when 9 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 23 newborns named Hatsuko — #1,690 in the national rankings. About 51% of every Hatsuko on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hatsuko last appeared in the published SSA data in 1932, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 204 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hatsuko
Hatsuko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 204 births in the dataset. Hatsuko's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,690. Use the chart and map above to compare Hatsuko's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- 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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