Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Maiko isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 116
- 45 boys · 71 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,194 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,194 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 754 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.
Maiko’s family of names
In German usage, Maiko has a related form in MEIKO. In Japanese usage, Maiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 真依子. In Japanese usage, Maiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 舞子.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Maiko has relatives in 3 languages.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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 Maiko
- Maiko KanoJapanese volleyball playerborn 1988
- Maiko ItaiJapanese modelborn 1984
- Maiko ItōJapanese actress, talent, former idol singerborn 1964
- Maiko KawakamiJapanese actressborn 1966
- Maiko KazamaJapanese actressborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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