Katsuko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Katsuko

The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Katsuko between 1919 and 1930, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katsuko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1930. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katsuko performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Katsuko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katsuko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katsuko 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 49 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.