Given name

Kayoko

Kayoko is a feminine given name from Japanese.

Original Japanese加代子

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kayoko comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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
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Too few births to compare
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Kayoko in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1921–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

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.

Walk Kayoko’s family in the name graph

Kayoko加代子佳代子香代子

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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