Namiko
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-MEE-koh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Namiko is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “wave child”. In 2025 it ranked 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Namiko mean?
Japanese: nami + ko, depending on the kanji used
“wave child”
The meaning depends on the kanji chosen; a common writing joins nami 'wave' with ko 'child'.
Is Namiko a girl's or a boy's name?
Namiko is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Namiko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,902nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Namiko, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Namiko in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Namiko in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
Names like Namiko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miyori, Yumi, Kyomi, Tru, Saori, Rumi, Kiyomi, Ainhoa, Xuri, Yuna, Koi, Yuri
Names related to Namiko
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Akira, Emi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen, Sora
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, “Namiko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/namiko, updated 20 October 2026.