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Junko

girl name
Origin
Japanese
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

pure child

Famously borne by Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest.

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Junko has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Popularity in Brazil

234 people · the #22,733 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 72

1930s1940s1950s1960s

Among people named Junko living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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The Junko deep dive

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