Miyako
Miyako is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Miyako Endō , Japanese voice actress Miyako Inoue (anthropologist), American anthropologist Miyako Ishiuchi , Japanese photographer Miyako Itō , Japanese voice actress Miyako Kawase, Japanese luger Miyako Maki , Japanese manga artist Miyako Matsumoto , Japanese actress and professional wrestler Miyako Miyazaki ,…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Miyako
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Miyako is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Miyako Endō , Japanese voice actress Miyako Inoue (anthropologist), American anthropologist Miyako Ishiuchi , Japanese photographer Miyako Itō , Japanese voice actress Miyako Kawase, Japanese luger Miyako Maki , Japanese manga artist Miyako Matsumoto , Japanese actress and professional wrestler Miyako Miyazaki ,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Miyako
The earliest SSA record of Miyako as a baby girl name dates back to 1912, when 5 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Miyako — #3,379 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Miyakos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 178 Miyakos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Miyako
Miyako is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 178 births in the dataset. Miyako's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #3,379. Use the chart and map above to compare Miyako'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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