Yasuko
Yasuko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Princess Yasuko , Japanese empress Yasuko Aoike , Japanese manga artist Yasuko Date , Japanese businesswoman Yasuko Endō , Japanese model and actress whose idol singer Yasuko Fujii , Japanese swimmer Fujiwara no Yasuko , Japanese empress consort Yasuko Harada , Japanese novelist Yasuko Hashimoto , Japanese…
Meaning & Origin of Yasuko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yasuko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Princess Yasuko , Japanese empress Yasuko Aoike , Japanese manga artist Yasuko Date , Japanese businesswoman Yasuko Endō , Japanese model and actress whose idol singer Yasuko Fujii , Japanese swimmer Fujiwara no Yasuko , Japanese empress consort Yasuko Harada , Japanese novelist Yasuko Hashimoto , Japanese…
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The Story of Yasuko
Yasuko first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1913, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 22 Yasukos were born — ranking #1,867 that year. As of 2026, Yasuko ranks #10,208 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 294 Yasukos 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 Yasuko
Yasuko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 294 births in the dataset. Yasuko's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,867. Use the chart and map above to compare Yasuko'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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