Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toshiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 799
- 0 boys · 799 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 58 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 5 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,296 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.
Toshiko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Toshiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of としこ. In Japanese usage, Toshiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of とし子. In Japanese usage, Toshiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 俊子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 10
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 年子original script · Japanese
- 寿子original script · Japanese
- 淑子original script · Japanese
- としこoriginal script · Japanese
- 敏子original script · Japanese
- 俊子original script · Japanese
- 登志子original script · Japanese
- とし子original script · Japanese
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People named Toshiko
- Toshiko AkiyoshiJapanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band masterborn 1929
- Toshiko FujitaJapanese actress and voice actress (1950–2018)
- Toshiko YuasaJapanese physicist (1909-1980)
- Toshiko Higashikunidaughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan (1896–1978)
- Toshiko KishidaJapanese feminist & teacher (1864–1901)
- Toshiko KowadaJapanese table tennis playerborn 1949
- Toshiko TakeyaJapanese politicianborn 1969
- Toshiko UedaJapanese manga artist (1917-2008)
- Toshiko MoriJapanese architectborn 1951
Characters named Toshiko: Toshiko Sato (the television series Torchwood).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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