Michiko
Girl · mee-CHEE-koh · Japanese
Michiko is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “beautiful, wise child”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Michiko mean?
Japanese: Japanese name; meaning depends on the kanji
“beautiful, wise child”
Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Akihito, was the first commoner to marry an heir to the Japanese throne.
- Say it
- mee-CHEE-koh
Is Michiko a girl's or a boy's name?
Michiko is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Michiko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Michiko, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1924, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more girls named Michiko than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Michiko in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Michiko in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,597 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,636 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,356 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,301 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,490 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
Nicknames for Michiko
- Michi
Names like Michiko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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