Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michiyo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 6 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 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 467 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.
Michiyo’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Michiyo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 美智代. In Japanese usage, Michiyo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 迪与. In Japanese usage, Michiyo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 通世.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Michiyo
- Michiyo TsujimuraJapanese agricultural scientist1888–1969
- Michiyo KogureJapanese actress (1918-1990)
- Michiyo FujimaruOlympic synchronized swimmerborn 1979
- Michiyo AratamaJapanese actress (1930–2001)
- Michiyo YasudaJapanese animator (1939-2016)
- Agata no Inukai no Michiyopoet665–733
- Naka MichiyoJapanese historian (1851-1908)
- Michiyo AkaishiJapanese mangakaborn 1959
- Michiyo NakajimaJapanese voice actressborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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