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
Taeko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 0 boys · 74 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 9 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 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 610 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.
Taeko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Taeko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of たえこ. In Japanese usage, Taeko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 多恵子. In Japanese usage, Taeko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 夛繪子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 15
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Taeko
- Taeko KawasumiJapanese association football playerborn 1972
- Taeko OnukiJapanese singer-songwriter (1953-)
- Taeko KawataJapanese voice actressborn 1965
- Taeko NakanishiJapanese voice actressborn 1931
- Taeko KonoJapanese writer (1926–2015)
- Taeko IshikawaOlympic softball playerborn 1975
- Taeko TomiokaJapanese novelist, screenwriter, poet and writer (1935–2023)
- Taeko OyamaJapanese basketball player (born 1974)
- Taeko WatanabeJapanese mangakaborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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