Given name
Sayoko
“born at night”
Sayoko is a variant of Sayo. One Japanese interpretation is “born at night.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sayoko is a variant of Sayo. One Japanese interpretation is “born at night.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sayoko is a variant of Sayo. An origin associated with Sayo is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sayoko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 0 boys · 32 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 8 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 7 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 271 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.
Sayoko’s family of names
Sayoko has a related form in Sayo. In Japanese usage, Sayoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of さよこ. In Japanese usage, Sayoko is a transliteration of さよこ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sayoko
- Sayoko HagiwaraJapanese actressborn 1962
- Sayoko YamaguchiJapanese model and actress (1949-2007)
- Sayoko KitabatakeJapanese archerborn 1978
- Sayoko EriJapanese artist (1945–2007)
- Sayoko MitaTV sports announcerborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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