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
Satoko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 0 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 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 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 634 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.
Satoko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Satoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 嵯都子. In Japanese usage, Satoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 悟子. In Japanese usage, Satoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 慧子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Satoko
- Satoko MiyaharaJapanese figure skaterborn 1998
- Satoko TanakaJapanese swimmerborn 1942
- Satoko YamanoJapanese voice actressborn 1963
- Satoko IshimineJapanese female singer, songwriter and record producerborn 1975
- Satoko SuetsunaJapanese badminton playerborn 1981
- CoccoJapanese singer-songwriterborn 1977
- Satoko KitaharaJapanese Catholic social worker (1929–1958)
- Satoko OkuderaJapanese screenwriterborn 1966
- Satoko MabuchiOlympic softball playerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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