Asako — girls' name

What the Data Says About Asako

The Social Security Administration has registered 225 babies named Asako between 1911 and 1991, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asako currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Asako performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Asako shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 107 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Asako in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Asako in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 225 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.