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Japanese Names in the 1910s & 20s

by Rainya

6/18/2024, 9:45 AM

I was looking at a baby name grapher and noticed that Japanese names had a spike in the US in the 1910s & 1920s.

These are some of the names that spiked the most. What do you think of them?

- KK (I-love-baby-names)

6/18/2024, 6:40 PM

Ko must have been a popular ending. I like Aiko, Kiyoko, Miyoko, and Sumiko, but none are bad.

- Higuma (Higuma Kanora) +3

6/18/2024, 4:42 PM

Wow, -ko names were really popular back then huh? They're not my favorite but I like Miyoko and Sumiko. I prefer Shizuka or Shizuku to Shizuko.

Masako and Toshiko sound too masculine for me.

- New_Chloë (New_Chloe) +1

6/18/2024, 7:08 PM

Not just back then! I had a number of friends who were exchange students from Japan in the early 2000s and their names also ended in -ko.

- Higuma (Higuma Kanora)

6/18/2024, 8:25 PM

Yeah -ko names had a veryyy long grip on the country, it seems like. Only recently have they fallen out of style.

- Rainya

6/18/2024, 5:33 PM

Yeah, I was looking at older threads and it seems -ko names are very dated in Japan. I had no idea.

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