Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asako through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 225
- 0 boys · 225 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 522 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.
Asako’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Asako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜沙子. In Japanese usage, Asako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜沙胡. In Japanese usage, Asako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 朝子.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Asako
- Asako TakakuraJapanese association football player and managerborn 1968
- Empress Dowager EishōJapanese empress (1835-1897)
- Asako YuzukiJapanese novelistborn 1981
- Asako DodoJapanese voice actressborn 1967
- Asako TajimiJapanese volleyball playerborn 1972
- Asako OJapanese basketball player (born 1987)
- Hirooka AsakoJapanese businessperson, educator, and social activist (1849-1919)
- Asako TokiJapanese singer and songwriterborn 1976
- Asako NarahashiJapanese photographer (born 1959)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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