Mariko
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Mariko is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Mariko mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Mariko a girl's or a boy's name?
Mariko is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mariko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Mariko, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1984, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had more girls named Mariko than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Mariko in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mariko in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 53 | #2,147 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,081 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,866 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,197 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,950 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,935 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
Names like Mariko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Namiko Yumi Yuri Dakota Mayumi Miyori Kori Mika Saori Kiyomi Rikki Sayuri
Names related to Mariko
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mariko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mariko, updated 20 October 2026.