Noriko
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Noriko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 49th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Japanese name; meaning varies by characters.
- JPJapan≈1 in 612(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 127K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 80K
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.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 204 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 612 (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Japanese name; meaning varies by characters
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Noriko 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #49 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 612 | — | Noriko | 155 |
| US United States | — | 2,627 | 1 in 127K | 2.6K | Noriko | 204 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 281K | listed | Noriko | 36 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 154K | listed | Noriko | 44 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 100K | — | Noriko | 44 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈77 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Noriko | 14 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the hanks-first-names-2001 register; the id-github-names register. 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)
Noriko is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (japan. nori »Gesetz« + japan. ko »Kind«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
‘Child of principles’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Bambina della legge
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
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)
- Noriko Awayab. 1907JPJapanese singer (1907–1999)
- Noriko Honmab. 1911JPJapanese actress
- Noriko Sengokub. 1922JPJapanese actress (1922-2012)
- Noriko Ibaragib. 1926JPJapanese poet and writer
- Ohara Norikob. 1935JPJapanese voice actress (1935–2024)
- Noriko Ishiharab. 1938JPJapanese novelist (1938-2022)
- Noriko Tatsumib. 1947JPJapanese actress
- Noriko Hiraokab. 1959JPJapanese impresario
- Noriko Hidakab. 1962JPJapanese actress, voice actress and singer
- Noriko Eguchib. 1980JPJapanese actress
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.6K | #6,169 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8 | #6,169 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 6 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Noriko mean, and where does it come from?
- Japanese name; meaning varies by characters Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- Is Noriko a male or female name?
- Noriko is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Noriko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 205 thousand people named Noriko in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled noriko.
- How common is the name Noriko?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,627 people named Noriko in 2020, about 1 in 127 thousand residents.
- How common is Noriko compared with other names?
- In Japan, Noriko is the 49th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/norikoThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Noriko” — the 49th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.