Yaeko
Yaeko is a female Japanese given name.
Meaning & Origin of Yaeko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yaeko is a female Japanese given name.
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The Story of Yaeko
Yaeko first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 31 Yaekos were born — ranking #1,464 that year. As of 2026, Yaeko ranks #2,856 for baby girls with 9 births, with steady use. In total, more than 439 Yaekos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Yaeko
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Yaeko Batchelor ( バチェラー 八重子 ; 1884–1962) , Ainu waka poet and evangelist.
- Yamamoto Yaeko ( 山本 八重子 ; 1845–1932) , Japanese nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima
- Yaeko Mizutani I ( 水谷 八重子 ; 1905–1979) , Japanese actress
- Yaeko Nogami ( 野上 弥生子 ; 1885–1985) , Japanese novelist
- Yaeko Yamazaki ( 山崎 八重子 ; born 1950) , Japanese volleyball player
- Yaeko Taguchi ( 田口 八重子 ; born 1955) , Japanese woman kidnapped by North Korea
- Yaeko Uehara, a geiko and Mineko Iwasaki 's older sister.
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Names that sound like Yaeko
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About the name Yaeko
Yaeko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 439 births in the dataset. Yaeko's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #1,464. Use the chart and map above to compare Yaeko'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.