Koichi
Kōichi, Koichi, Kouichi or Kohichi is a masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Koichi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kōichi, Koichi, Kouichi or Kohichi is a masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Koichi
The earliest SSA record of Koichi as a baby boy name dates back to 1914, when 5 babies received it. 1921 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Koichi — #2,059 in the national rankings. About 56% of every Koichi on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Koichi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 145 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Koichi
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Kohichi Amano ( 天野 浩一 ; born 1979) , Japanese baseball player
- Koichi Chigira (孝一, born 1959), Japanese anime director
- Koichi Domoto (born 1979), Japanese performing artist
- Kōichi Fukaura , Japanese shogi player
- Koichi Fukuda (born 1975), Japanese musician
- Koichi Hamada (economist) ( 浜田 宏一 ; born 1936) , Japanese economist
- Kōichi Hamada ( 浜田 幸一 ; 1928–2012) , Japanese politician
- Koichi Iida ((飯田 鴻一, 1888–1973), Japanese businessman
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Names that sound like Koichi
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About the name Koichi
Koichi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 145 births in the dataset. Koichi's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #2,059. Use the chart and map above to compare Koichi'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.