Girl name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Yoko

YOH-koh · 4 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Sunlight child; ocean child
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
light · virtue
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Popularity over time

2021 rank#17567
2021 births5
Peak year1981
First appeared1923
Total US births476
1981 peak19231948197219972021
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Yo
Alternate spellings
Youko

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Yoko Ono (artist)