Koko
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Adangbe/Ghana: second-born female child
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkoʊkoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Koko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country.
- EGEgypt≈1 in 2.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 4.3K
- CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Egypt (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 94 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈38,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Egypt, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Adangbe/Ghana: second-born female child.
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Koko counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #303 | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Koko | 48 |
| DZ Algeria | #318 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | listed | Koko | 16 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 5K | 4.2K | — | — |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Koko | 18 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Koko | 29 |
| US United States | — | 617 | 1 in 539K | 543 | Koko | 94 |
| KW Kuwait | #773 | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | — | Koko | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; the dz-kaggle-names register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Koko is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, The tree Albizia lebbeck.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Mikado; US gorilla trained in sign
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Lord High Executioner in The
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, lang.
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Akan, teko, tekot^k6, hiccoiajh; k. si me, I have the lUccough. fikoko-tware, inf, [twa akoko, killing of fowls] sendiwjfood to the relations or acquaintances of one's own husband or wife, akokowa, pi, n- [koko, dim.} a small hill, hillocJc. nkokowii, a kind of /bot?, prepared of maize-bread with palm- oil; abiiroduan bi; dokono a woapesew mu de nno agu so
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Koko Kinoshitab. 1982JPJapanese fashion model
- Koko Mimorib. 1985JPJapanese AV idol
- Koko Tsurumib. 1992JPJapanese artistic gymnast
- Koko Sekob. 1996JPJapanese AV idol
- Koko Nanaharab. 1997JPJapanese AV idol
- Koko Kumadab. 2002JPJapanese actor
- Koko Mōrib. 2003JPJapanese actor and child actor
- Coco Yoshizawab. 2009JPnot in their usual nameJapanese skateboarder
- Koko HasegawaJPJapanese AV actress
- Coco NatsukiJPnot in their usual nameJapanese mangaka and illustrator
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 43 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 410 | #17,722 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 207 | #17,722 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 7 | — |
| DZ Algeria | Algerian names (Kaggle, MIT) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Koko mean, and where does it come from?
- Adangbe/Ghana: second-born female child. Recorded by African Names.
- In which country does Koko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 38 thousand people named Koko in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled koko.
- How do you pronounce Koko?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkoʊkoʊ/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- Is Koko a male or female name?
- Koko is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How common is the name Koko?
- In the United States, the national register counted 617 people named Koko in 2020, about 1 in 539 thousand residents.
- How common is Koko compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Koko is the 303rd most common given name of 107,792 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kokoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Koko” — the 303rd most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.