Tokiko
Tokiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Tokiko Iwatani , Japanese lyricist, poet and translator Tokiko Kato , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress Tokiko Ozeki , Japanese cross-country skier Tokiko Shimizu , Japanese banker Taira no Tokiko , wife of Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese samurai
Meaning & Origin of Tokiko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tokiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Tokiko Iwatani , Japanese lyricist, poet and translator Tokiko Kato , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress Tokiko Ozeki , Japanese cross-country skier Tokiko Shimizu , Japanese banker Taira no Tokiko , wife of Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese samurai
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The Story of Tokiko
The earliest SSA record of Tokiko as a baby girl name dates back to 1919, when 6 babies received it. 1924 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Tokiko — #2,661 in the national rankings. About 78% of every Tokiko on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Tokiko last appeared in the published SSA data in 1931, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 88 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tokiko
Tokiko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 88 births in the dataset. Tokiko's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #2,661. Use the chart and map above to compare Tokiko'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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