Shoko
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈʃoʊkoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shoko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: pers. name, Japanese.
- JPJapan≈1 in 1.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 466K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 208K
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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 146 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈74,000 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(inferred from the name graph)
pers. name, Japanese
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shoko 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 | #246 | ≈74,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Shoko | 142 |
| US United States | — | 714 | 1 in 466K | 704 | Shoko | 146 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 208K | 1 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈96 est. | ≈1 in 684K | 24 | Shoko | 27 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 497K | — | Shoko | 19 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈29 est. | ≈1 in 213K | — | Shoko | 8 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 235K | listed | — | 3 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the ee-siseministeerium-registry 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hitomi Kurokib. 1960JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress
- Shōko Tsudab. 1963JPJapanese voice actress
- Shōko Okudab. 1966JPJapanese journalist (1966-)
- Shōko Ikedab. 1967JPJapanese actress
- Shoko Haidab. 1979JPJapanese singer and actress
- Shōko Kitanob. 1982JPJapanese singer and actor
- Shōko Nakagawab. 1985JPJapanese singer, voice actress, and illustrator
- Shōko Hamadab. 1986JPJapanese model
- Shōko Kawaguchib. 1996JPJapanese actress
- Shōko Takiwakib. 2001JPJapanese female idol and member of =LOVE
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 17 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 704 | #15,945 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10 | #15,945 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1986 | 5 | — |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shoko mean?
- Recorded meaning: pers. name, Japanese
- How do you pronounce Shoko?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃoʊkoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Shoko a male or female name?
- Shoko 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.
- In which country does Shoko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 74 thousand people named Shoko in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shoko.
- How common is the name Shoko?
- In the United States, the national register counted 714 people named Shoko in 2020, about 1 in 466 thousand residents.
- How common is Shoko compared with other names?
- In Japan, Shoko is the 246th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Shoko?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shokoThe 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, “Shoko” — the 246th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.