Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tomoka isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tomoka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tomoka’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Tomoka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 智華.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tomoka
- Tomoka TakeuchiJapanese snowboarderborn 1983
- Tomoka KurokawaJapanese actressborn 1989
- Tomoka KurotaniJapanese actress (1975-)
- Tomoka ShibasakiJapanese writerborn 1973
- Tomoka SatoJapanese synchronized swimmerborn 2001
- Tomoka InabaJapanese professional wrestlerborn 2002
- Tomoka MiyazakiJapanese badminton playerborn 2006
- Tomoka NakagawaJapanese professional wrestlerborn 1981
- Tomoka NishiyamaJapanese Shogi playerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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