Miyoko
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mee-YOH-koh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Miyoko is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “beautiful generation child”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Miyoko mean?
Japanese: Japanese; meaning depends on the kanji
“beautiful generation child”
The meaning depends on the kanji; a common writing combines mi 'beautiful', yo 'generation' and ko 'child'.
Is Miyoko a girl's or a boy's name?
Miyoko is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Miyoko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Miyoko, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1924, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had more girls named Miyoko than any year since 1929.
Half of all the girls named Miyoko in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
Miyoko in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,256 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,636 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,588 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,466 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,279 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,520 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,508 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,765 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Nicknames for Miyoko
- Miyo
Names like Miyoko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Violet, Emiko, Eleanor, Josephine, Marceline, Aiko, Miriam, Millie, Margaret, Lillian, Matilda, Adeline
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
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, “Miyoko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/miyoko, updated 20 October 2026.