Kikuko

Girls' name

From Japanese きくこ; literal meaning unconfirmed

Kikuko has been given to 26 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1931, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Kikuko, 1931

1 in 351,000

Kikuko over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kikuko: meaning, origin, and history

From Japanese きくこ; literal meaning unconfirmed

Japanese

What Kikuko means

Kikuko is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kikuko is used in English, French and Tagalog. Its origins include Japanese.

Kikuko comes through Japanese きくこ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Kikuko is pronounced /ki.ku.ko/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Kikuko between 1915 and 1931. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1931; its best national rank was #4,120 in 1931.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kikuko?

Kikuko had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1931, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1931: 1 in 351,000; 6 of 2,104,333 births
Among girls only: 1 in 177,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1931: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 243,103 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kikuko sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1931 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 243,103 children born in 1931 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kikuko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kikukos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kikuko was born before 1921 — so the typical Kikuko is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 42.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 42.3% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Kikuko rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1931 (6)
Years since peak: 94; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,120; 1931

Spellings of Kikuko

Kikuko is not the most common spelling — Kimiko is, with 66.0% against Kikuko's 0.93%.

Kimiko66.0%1,843
Kiyoko33.1%923
Kikuko0.93%26

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kikuko by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,120; 1931
Peak year: 1931; 6 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1931
All-time count: 26
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kikuko

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kikuyo Kikyo Mayuko Suzuko Kikuye Kikumi Nezuko Tazuko Masuko Atsuko Kiko Itsuko Etsuko Kika Mutsuko Tatsuko Kinuko Katsuko Tsuyuko Kiku Ikuko Kikue Matsuko Ritsuko

Sibling names for Kikuko

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Billy Donald Ardith Roma Marvel Bobby Socorro Josefina

For a brother

Gaylord Carrol Dudley Delmar Delano Talmadge Normand Bobbie

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