Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nobuko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 371
- 0 boys · 371 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 33 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 6 in 1941. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 918 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.
Nobuko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Nobuko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of のぶこ. In English usage, Nobuko was borrowed from the Japanese form のぶこ. In Japanese usage, Nobuko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 之芙子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nobuko
- Nobuko YoshiyaJapanese writer (1896–1973)
- Princess Tomohito of MikasaJapanese princess; widow of Prince Tomohito of Mikasaborn 1955
- Nobuko OtowaJapanese actress1924–1994
- Nobuko ImaiJapanese violist and professorborn 1943
- Princess Nobuko AsakaJapanese princess (1891-1931)
- Nobuko MiyamotoJapanese actressborn 1945
- Nobuko TakagiJapanese novelistborn 1946
- Nobuko NakaharaJapanese architect1929–2008
- Nobuko FukudaJapanese cross-country skierborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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