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Emiko

Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,822 for girls

Emiko is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).

What does Emiko mean?

Japanese

A female given name from Japanese.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Emiko a girl's or a boy's name?

Emiko is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Emiko in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Emiko, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 girls.

2025 had more girls named Emiko than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Emiko in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 7 in 20202025
Emiko in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20243#5,966
20236#3,766
20223#5,885
20214#4,864
20207#3,274
20196#3,738
20183#5,896
20174#4,967
20165#4,290
20156#3,777
20146#3,702
20133#6,003
20120–
20113#6,007
20103#5,938
20090–
20085#4,065
20073#5,415
20064#4,357
20050–
20043#4,789

How popular is Emiko in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,822among girls
Babies in 2025
60about 1 in 27,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Emiko, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.

Half of all the girls named Emiko in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1916Busiest: 64 in 20222025
Emiko in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202560#2,822
202459#2,819
202361#2,789
202264#2,689
202156#2,958
202056#2,890
201956#2,923
201843#3,558
201739#3,847
201634#4,249
201543#3,595
201437#4,001
201336#4,074
201235#4,214
201146#3,451
201045#3,515
200931#4,676
200836#4,267
200732#4,566
200627#5,085
200524#5,261
200420#5,965
200319#6,050
200230#4,175
200127#4,442
200014#7,152
199916#6,185
199812#7,527
199716#5,864
199612#7,125
199512#7,036
199415#5,978
199319#4,992
19928#9,483
199119#4,998
19909#8,495
19899#8,031
19888#8,386
19878#7,982
19868#7,745
19858#7,560
198416#4,477
198314#4,883
198213#5,207
198114#4,962
198019#3,991
197914#4,841
197812#5,214
197711#5,530
19768#6,609
19758#6,482
197413#4,458
197313#4,361
197211#4,792
19719#5,541
19706#7,069
19690–
19680–
19670–
19666#5,808
19650–
19645#6,766
19635#6,591
19620–
19616#5,850
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19446#4,052
19430–
19420–
19417#3,557
19407#3,501
19398#3,143
19385#4,340
19379#2,939
193614#2,153
193510#2,729
193411#2,566
193311#2,539
193216#2,036
193118#1,875
193031#1,371
192924#1,597
192816#2,193
192724#1,727
192618#2,075
192522#1,846
192428#1,612
192337#1,283
192235#1,342
192125#1,723
192017#2,172
191919#1,921
19185#4,807
19179#3,090
19166#3,917

Names like Emiko

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Emiko

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Emiko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emiko, updated 20 October 2026.