Kazuko
Kazuko is primarily a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Kazuko Fujimoto , Japanese writer and translator Kazuko Fujita , Japanese manga artist Kazuko Hara , Japanese opera composer Kazuko Hirabayashi (1933–2016), Japanese dance teacher and choreographer Kazuko Hironaka , Japanese former football player Kazuko Hosoki , Japanese astrologer and writer Kazuko Ikeda ,…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Kazuko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kazuko is primarily a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Kazuko Fujimoto , Japanese writer and translator Kazuko Fujita , Japanese manga artist Kazuko Hara , Japanese opera composer Kazuko Hirabayashi (1933–2016), Japanese dance teacher and choreographer Kazuko Hironaka , Japanese former football player Kazuko Hosoki , Japanese astrologer and writer Kazuko Ikeda ,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Kazuko
Kazuko first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1915, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1927: 63 births, good for #955 nationwide. About 54% of every Kazuko on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Kazuko last appeared in the published SSA data in 1945, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 398 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kazuko
Kazuko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 398 births in the dataset. Kazuko's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #955. Use the chart and map above to compare Kazuko'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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