Noriko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Noriko

The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Noriko between 1923 and 2016, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noriko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Noriko performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Noriko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Noriko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Noriko 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 160 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.