Given name
Aiko
“little one who is dearly loved”
Aiko is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “little one who is dearly loved.”
Original Japanese会子
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “little one who is dearly loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,886
- 101 boys · 1,785 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 98 babies
- 2025
- 76
- #2,720 for girls · #6,462 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +104%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 63 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,720 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 80.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 13 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,786 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aiko’s family of names
In German usage, Aiko has a related form in EIKE. In Japanese usage, Aiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of あいこ. In Japanese usage, Aiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜依子.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 19
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 会子original script · Japanese
- 亞以子original script · Japanese
- 阿易子original script · Japanese
- 阿唯子original script · Japanese
- 吾衣子original script · Japanese
- 亞井子original script · Japanese
- 亜維子original script · Japanese
- 安伊子original script · Japanese
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People named Aiko
- Aiko, Princess Toshionly child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japanborn 2001
- Aiko NakamuraJapanese tennis playerborn 1983
- Aiko HayashiJapanese synchronized swimmerborn 1993
- AikoJapanese singer-songwriterborn 1975
- Aiko UemuraJapanese freestyle skierborn 1979
- Aiko SugiharaJapanese artistic gymnastborn 1999
- Aiko OnozawaJapanese volleyball playerborn 1945
- Aiko SatōJapanese judokaborn 1983
- Ai IwamuraJapanese actressborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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