Given name
Emiko
“a child blessed with beauty”
Emiko is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “a child blessed with beauty.”
Original Japanese円実子
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “a child blessed with beauty.”
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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,855
- 5 boys · 1,850 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 64 babies
- 2025
- 60
- #2,830 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 60 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,830 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (15). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,376 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.
Emiko’s family of names
Emiko has a related form in Emyko. In Japanese usage, Emiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of えみこ. In Filipino usage, Emiko was borrowed from the Japanese form えみこ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 20
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 詠実子original script · Japanese
- 英実子original script · Japanese
- 絵実子original script · Japanese
- 穫実子original script · Japanese
- 瑛実子original script · Japanese
- 江実子original script · Japanese
- 栄実子original script · Japanese
- 枝実子original script · Japanese
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- 慧実子original script · Japanese
- 愛実子original script · Japanese
- 惠実子original script · Japanese
- 恵美子original script · Japanese
- 恵実子original script · Japanese
- 延実子original script · Japanese
- 咲実子original script · Japanese
- 円実子original script · Japanese
- 会実子original script · Japanese
- えみこoriginal script · Japanese
- 恵海子original script · Japanese
- Emicolikely spelling
People named Emiko
- Emiko KuboJapanese association football playerborn 1966
- Emiko Suzukisynchronized swimmerborn 1981
- Emiko MiyamotoJapanese volleyball player (1937–2023)
- Emiko ShiratoriJapanese singer-songwriter (1950-)
- Emiko OkuyamaJapanese politicianborn 1951
- Emiko OdakaJapanese volleyball playerborn 1962
- Emiko Ohnuki-TierneyJapanese-born anthropologistborn 1934
- Emiko YagumoJapanese actor1903–1979
- Emiko Uenobadminton playerborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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