Yuko
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yuko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 6th most common given name. Recorded meaning: ‘Helpful or superior child’.
- JPJapan≈1 in 427(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 110K
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 18K
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)
- Sources
- 233 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 427 (inferred from the name graph)
≈290,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘Helpful or superior child’. Yumi @ ‘Bow’ (as in archery); ‘helpful beauty’; also short for any name beginning with Yumi-. Yumiko ° ‘Helpful, beautiful child’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yuko 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 | #6 | ≈290,000 est. | ≈1 in 427 | — | Yuko | 159 |
| CN China | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Yuko | 21 |
| US United States | — | 3,011 | 1 in 110K | 3K | Yuko | 233 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 143K | listed | Yuko | 58 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Yuko | 13 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 108K | — | Yuko | 42 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Yuko | 21 |
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. 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)
Yuko is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swahili, third-person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) positive degree present of -wako (“he/she is (around there)”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, with the head or body bent forward
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In msb, act of bowing the head
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Yūko Tanakab. 1955JPJapanese actress
- Yūko Asanob. 1960JPJapanese actress, talent, singer
- Yūko Daikeb. 1971JPJapanese actress
- Yuko Miyamurab. 1972JPJapanese voice actress, actress and singer
- Yūko Obuchib. 1973JPJapanese politician
- Yūko Nakazawab. 1973JPJapanese female singer and talent (1973-)
- Yūko Nakamurab. 1975JPJapanese actress (1975-)
- Yūko Takeuchib. 1980JPJapanese actress (1980–2020)
- Yūko Ogurab. 1983JPJapanese female variety talent, gravure model and YouTuber (1983-)
- Yuko Arakib. 1993JPJapanese actress and model
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 33 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3K | #5,617 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 15 | #5,617 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
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
- Where does the name Yuko come from?
- ‘Helpful or superior child’. Yumi @ ‘Bow’ (as in archery); ‘helpful beauty’; also short for any name beginning with Yumi-. Yumiko ° ‘Helpful, beautiful child’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What does the name Yuko mean?
- Recorded meaning: ‘Helpful or superior child’.
- Is Yuko a male or female name?
- Yuko 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 Yuko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 294 thousand people named Yuko in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yuko.
- How common is the name Yuko?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,011 people named Yuko in 2020, about 1 in 110 thousand residents.
- How common is Yuko compared with other names?
- In Japan, Yuko is the 6th 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/yukoThe 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, “Yuko” — the 6th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.