Globally, 浩子 (Hiroko 
, 浩子 ) is quite a common largely girly, but infrequently masculine given name. The forename 浩子 is characteristic of Japan, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Benin, where it is a rare girly name, and the United States. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Japan, the United States, and China. Very seldom, 浩子 is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Hiroko | Japan, China, Taiwan, United States, Brazil |
| 浩子 | China |
| 美尾 浩子 linguist in Japan, JP (b. 1936) |
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| 福嶋浩子 Japanese golfer, JP (b. 1977) |
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