Junko
Junko is a feminine Japanese given name. It is typically written in kanji, but can be written in hiragana (じゅんこ) or katakana (ジュンコ).
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Junko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Junko is a feminine Japanese given name. It is typically written in kanji, but can be written in hiragana (じゅんこ) or katakana (ジュンコ).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Junko
Junko first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1926, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1971: 14 births, good for #4,123 nationwide. About 55% of every Junko on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Junko last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 116 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Junko
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Junko (manga artist) (ぢゅん子), Japanese manga artist
- Junko Abe ( 阿部純子 ; born 1993) , Japanese actress
- Junko Akimoto ( 秋元 順子 ; born 1947) , Japanese singer
- Junko Asahina ( 朝比奈 順子 ; 1953–2021) , Japanese actress and singer
- Junko Asami ( 麻見 順子 ; born 1967) , Japanese voice actress and narrator
- Junko Asari ( 浅利 純子 ; born 1969) , Japanese retired marathon runner
- Junko Chodos (born 1939), Japanese-American contemporary artist
- Junko Furuta ( 古田 順子 ; 1971–1989) , Japanese torture and murder victim
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About the name Junko
Junko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1926 and has accumulated 116 births in the dataset. Junko's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #4,123. Use the chart and map above to compare Junko'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.