Hideko
Meaning
excellent, outstanding child
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hideko has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
308 people · the #18,700 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 76
Among people named Hideko living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Hideko
Most people given the name Hideko in the United States were born between 1930 and 1939. The Hideko you meet today is most often in her 80s or 90s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Hideko deep dive
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