Throughout the world, ノブコ (Nobuko 
, ノブコ ) is quite a rare primarily feminine, but very seldom masculine first name. The first name ノブコ is habitual in Japan, where it is a rare female name, the United States, and Peru, where it is a very rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Japan, and China. Also, ノブコ is the last name as well as the forename.