Chieko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chieko

The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Chieko between 1913 and 1991, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chieko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chieko performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chieko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 192 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Chieko in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chieko 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 293 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.