Haruko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Haruko

The Social Security Administration has registered 680 babies named Haruko between 1908 and 2010, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Haruko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Haruko performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 302 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Haruko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 388 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Haruko in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Haruko 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 680 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.