Yoko
Meaning
ocean child
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yoko has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
766 people · the #9,946 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 74
Among people named Yoko 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 Yoko
Most people given the name Yoko in the United States were born between 1970 and 1999. The Yoko you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Yoko deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Yoko truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Yoko fits with your family’s names and surname.
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