Given name & surname
Mariko
“daughter of Mari; a ball or sphere”
Mariko is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “daughter of Mari; a ball or sphere.”
Original Japanese麻梨子
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “daughter of Mari; a ball or sphere.”
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
Mariko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,326
- 6 boys · 1,320 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,869 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,869 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 57 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,646 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.
Mariko’s family of names
Mariko has a related form in Mareeko. Mariko has a related form in Mareiko. Mariko has a related form in Marieko.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 13
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mariko
- Mariko OkadaJapanese actress, film producer (1933-)
- Mariko ShinodaJapanese singer, actress and fashion modelborn 1986
- Mariko TamakiCanadian writer and artistborn 1975
- Mariko MoriJapanese contemporary artist (born 1967)
- Mariko OkamotoJapanese volleyball playerborn 1951
- Mariko KoudaJapanese actress, voice actress, J-pop singer and radio personalityborn 1969
- Mariko TsutsuiJapanese actressborn 1962
- Mariko MiyagiJapanese actress1927–2020
- Mariko YoshidaJapanese volleyball playerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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