Given name
Chiyoko
Chiyoko is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and Tagalog.
Original Japanese千代子
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chiyoko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 544
- 0 boys · 544 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 41 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 1937. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 399 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.
Chiyoko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Chiyoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ちよこ. In English usage, Chiyoko was borrowed from the Japanese form ちよこ. In Japanese usage, Chiyoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 智代子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Chiyoko
- Chiyoko KawashimaJapanese voice actressborn 1954
- Chiyoko ShimakuraJapanese singer and actor (1938-2013)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Chiyoko, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Miyako
Miyako is a feminine given name from Japanese.
>99% girls
Ikuko
Ikuko is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and Tagalog.
>99% girls
Kayoko
Kayoko is a feminine given name from Japanese.
>99% girls
Toyoko
Toyoko is a feminine given name from Japanese.
>99% girls
Misako
Misako is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and Tagalog.
>99% girls
Kiyoko
Kiyoko is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English, French, and Tagalog.
>99% girls
Tsuyuko
Tsuyuko is a feminine given name from Japanese.
>99% girls
Yaeko
Yaeko is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English, French, Portuguese, and Tagalog.
>99% girls