Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kayoko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 5 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 1921. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 688 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.
Kayoko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kayoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佳代子. In Japanese usage, Kayoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 加代子. In Japanese usage, Kayoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 香代子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kayoko
- Kayoko FukushiJapanese long-distance runnerborn 1982
- Kayoko KishimotoJapanese actress (1960-)
- Kayoko SugiyamaJapanese volleyball playerborn 1961
- Kayoko ShiraishiJapanese actressborn 1941
- Kayoko ShimizuJapanese politicianborn 1935
- Kayoko OkuboJapanese comedianborn 1971
- Kayoko FujiiJapanese actress and voice actressborn 1961
- Kayoko ObataJapanese long-distance runnerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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