Setsuko
Meaning
child of verse and melody
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Setsuko has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
427 people · the #14,910 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 76
Among people named Setsuko 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 Setsuko
Most people given the name Setsuko in the United States were born between 1930 and 1949. The Setsuko 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 Setsuko deep dive
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