Nobuko
Meaning
child of trust
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Nobuko has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
392 people · the #15,812 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 78
Among people named Nobuko 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 Nobuko
Most people given the name Nobuko in the United States were born between 1930 and 1939. The Nobuko 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 Nobuko deep dive
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