How Many People Are Named Mariko?

1,193

people named Mariko are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 286,491 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,326 babies named Mariko in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,443

๐Ÿ’Ž๐Ÿ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,289

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Peak Year

1984

57 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

๐Ÿ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Japanese
Pronunciation: MAH-แน˜EE-KO
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From Japanese ็œŸ (ma) meaning "real, genuine", ้‡Œ (ri) meaning "village" and ๅญ (ko) meaning "child". Many different combinations of kanji characters can form this name.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

โšง Gender Distribution

Female
99.5%
Male
0.5%

Almost all of the babies given the name Mariko (99.5%) were girls.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Age Distribution

The average person named Mariko alive today is about 35 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 342
28.7%
30 to 59 805
67.5%
60 and over 46
3.9%

๐Ÿ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Mariko first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1984, to 57 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025

๐Ÿ† Rank History

Mariko has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,878, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #9,866.

Girls
Rank in 2025#9,866
Best rank#1,878 (1984)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,234 in the 1980s

๐Ÿ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Mariko alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Mariko were born in California than in any other state: about 292 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mariko was given about 6.5 times as often in California.

California 292
New York 39
Washington 36
Hawaii 8

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