Hideko
Hideko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Hideko Fukuda , Japanese writer Hideko Fukushima , Japanese avant-garde painter Hideko Goto , Japanese former international table tennis player Hideko Hiranaka , Japanese medley swimmer Hideko Inoue , Japanese educator and peace activist Hideko Maehata , Japanese swimmer Hideko Mizuno , Japanese manga artist Hideko…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Hideko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hideko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Hideko Fukuda , Japanese writer Hideko Fukushima , Japanese avant-garde painter Hideko Goto , Japanese former international table tennis player Hideko Hiranaka , Japanese medley swimmer Hideko Inoue , Japanese educator and peace activist Hideko Maehata , Japanese swimmer Hideko Mizuno , Japanese manga artist Hideko…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Hideko
Hideko first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1915, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 26 Hidekos were born — ranking #1,646 that year. As of 2026, Hideko ranks #3,493 for baby girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 338 Hidekos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Hideko
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About the name Hideko
Hideko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 338 births in the dataset. Hideko's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #1,646. Use the chart and map above to compare Hideko'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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