Maiko — unisex name
71 babies named Maiko in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Maiko was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Maiko in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maiko
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Maiko between 1974 and 2003, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maiko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Maiko is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 40 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maiko performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maiko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maiko 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 71 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.
Maiko at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maiko popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1974
- Peak year (1992)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
71 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 8 births in a single year.
Maiko popularity over time — boys
40 total births recorded since 1997 (Maiko as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Maiko accounts for 36% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maiko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 31 births that decade — 44% of Maiko's all-time total
Maiko decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Maiko's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.