Tomoko — girls' name
128 babies named Tomoko in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Tomoko was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Tomoko in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tomoko
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Tomoko between 1923 and 1991, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tomoko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tomoko performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tomoko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii. In total, SSA state-level files list Tomoko in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tomoko 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 128 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.
Tomoko at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tomoko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1923
- Peak year (1982)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
128 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 10 births in a single year.
Tomoko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 51 births that decade — 40% of Tomoko's all-time total
Tomoko decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tomoko's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Tomoko by state
Where Tomoko concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Hawaii | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
- Hawaii 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% 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, 1923–1991 (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.