Mariko
Mariko is a feminine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Mariko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mariko is a feminine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Mariko
Mariko first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1916, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1984: 57 births, good for #1,866 nationwide. About 36% of every Mariko on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Mariko last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Mariko
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Mariko Adachi ( 足立 真梨子 ; born 1983) , Japanese triathlete
- Mariko Asabuki ( 朝吹 真理子 ; born 1984) , Japanese writer
- Mariko Bando ( 坂東 眞理子 ; born 1946) , Japanese writer, critic, and former bureaucrat
- Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian football player
- Mariko Ebralidze ( მარიკო ებრალიძე ), a Georgian jazz singer
- Mariko Gotō ( 後藤 まりこ ; born 1982) , Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and actress
- Mariko Hasegawa ( 長谷川 眞理子 ; born 1952) , Japanese zoologist and anthropologist
- Mariko Hayashi ( 林 真理子 ; born 1954) , Japanese writer
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Names that sound like Mariko
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About the name Mariko
Mariko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Mariko's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #1,866. Use the chart and map above to compare Mariko'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.