Etsuko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Etsuko

The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Etsuko between 1921 and 1933, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Etsuko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1933. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Etsuko performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Etsuko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Etsuko in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Etsuko 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 69 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.