Tsuruko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tsuruko

The Social Security Administration has registered 185 babies named Tsuruko between 1909 and 1927, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tsuruko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tsuruko performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tsuruko shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tsuruko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tsuruko 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 185 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.