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Girl name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Ayako

ah-YAH-koh · 5 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Colorful child; design child
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
beauty · virtue
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Popularity over time

2019 rank#15864
2019 births5
Peak year1918
First appeared1908
Total US births543
1918 peak19081936196419912019
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Aya
Alternate spellings
Ayako

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Notable people named Ayako

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