Misako — girls' name
85 babies named Misako in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Misako was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Misako in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Misako
The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Misako between 1917 and 1932, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Misako currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Misako performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Misako shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii. In total, SSA state-level files list Misako in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Misako 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 85 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.
Misako at a glance
Last recorded 1932Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Misako popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1917
- Peak year (1923)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1932.
85 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 12 births in a single year.
Misako by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 67 births that decade — 79% of Misako's all-time total
Misako decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Misako's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
Misako by state
Where Misako concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 18.8% |
| #2 | Hawaii | | 5 | 5.9% |
16 of 85 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.8% of nationwide
- Hawaii 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1917–1932 (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.