Yoko
given name · Japanese · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yoko is a given name, most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is the 34th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Japanese and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Rōmaji transcription of よこ.
- JPJapan1 in 879◐
- USUnited States1 in 83K
- HKHong Kong1 in 12K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈5.1K ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 223 ●
- 1 in 83K ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
91K records
Official registry-verified
United States
Spellings & scripts●
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Rōmaji transcription of よこ
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #34 | 82,225 | 73K rec. | — | — | Yoko | 152 |
| US United States | — | 4,003 | 15K rec. | 1 in 83K | 4K | Yoko | 223 |
| BR Brazil | — | 766 | — | 1 in 276K | 961 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 531 | 497 rec. | — | listed | Yoko | 41 |
| CA Canada | — | 524 | 524 rec. | — | 1 | Yoko | 48 |
| TW Taiwan | — | 376 | 24 rec. | — | — | Yoko | 28 |
| HK Hong Kong | #516 | 313 | 269 rec. | — | — | Yoko | 19 |
| CN China | — | 281 | 60 rec. | — | — | Yoko | 20 |
| TH Thailand | — | 218 | 180 rec. | — | #1,029,848 | Yoko | 40 |
| SG Singapore | — | 162 | 157 rec. | — | — | Yoko | 18 |
| PH Philippines | — | 117 | 80 rec. | — | — | Yoko | 18 |
| EG Egypt | — | 106 | 93 rec. | — | — | Yoko | 11 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Japanese98K60%
- English28K17%
- Portuguese16K10%
- Spanish6K4%
- French2K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 97,760 | 60% |
| English | 28,106 | 17% |
| Portuguese | 16,076 | 10% |
| Spanish | 5,988 | 4% |
| French | 2,007 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Yoko is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Japanese: positive
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Figlia del sole / Figlia dell’oceano
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In Japanese, Positive
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In jpx-ryu-pro, sideways
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1927 | 6 |
| 1931 | 10 |
| 1932 | 8 |
| 1933 | 11 |
| 1934 | 5 |
| 1935 | 6 |
| 1945 | 6 |
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1969 | 8 |
| 1970 | 8 |
| 1971 | 12 |
| 1972 | 20 |
| 1973 | 16 |
| 1974 | 8 |
| 1975 | 10 |
| 1976 | 10 |
| 1977 | 7 |
| 1978 | 9 |
| 1980 | 11 |
| 1981 | 24 |
| 1982 | 14 |
| 1983 | 14 |
| 1984 | 13 |
| 1985 | 14 |
| 1986 | 11 |
| 1987 | 6 |
| 1988 | 9 |
| 1989 | 12 |
| 1990 | 12 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1992 | 9 |
| 1993 | 17 |
| 1994 | 11 |
| 1995 | 8 |
| 1996 | 7 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 1999 | 6 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2001 | 9 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 53 years between 1923–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Yoko Tanib. 1928FRFrench-born Japanese actress (1928-1999)
- Yōko Katsuragib. 1930JPJapanese actress (1930-2007)
- Yōko Minamidab. 1933JPJapanese actress
- Yōko Hiraokab. 1937JP(1937-1995)
- Yoko Akib. 1945JPactress, novelist
- Yōko Narahashib. 1947JPJapanese film producer
- Yoko Kannob. 1964JPJapanese composer, arranger, keyboardist, music producer
- Yōko Takahashib. 1966JPJapanese singer (1966-)
- Yoko Ishidab. 1973JPJapanese singer
- Yoko Makib. 1982JPJapanese actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 58 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4K | #4,563 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 961 | #9,458 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 766 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 741 | #9,946 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 98 | #8,671 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 89 | #7,718 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 82 | #18,451 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 69 | #6,905 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 61 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 50 | #11,964 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 41 | #2,990 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 34 | #2,996 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 296 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Yoko?
- We estimate roughly 5.1 thousand people bear Yoko (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Yoko have the most bearers?
- Yoko is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled yoko.
- How common is Yoko compared with other names?
- In Japan, Yoko is the 34th most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.
- Is Yoko a male or female name?
- Yoko is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Yoko mean?
- Recorded meaning: Rōmaji transcription of よこ
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yoko” — the 34th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.