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Hanako

girl name · Japanese origin · 3 syllables

Meaning

flower child; an old-fashioned name once so common it became shorthand for 'Japanese girl,' still found among Brazil's oldest Nikkei families

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hanako peaked in the 2020s.

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