girls:
1.6k births since 1912
#4115 (28th percentile)
boys:
79 births since 2019
#4507 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1912
#6028 (22nd percentile)
The name Aiko is the #6,028 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,723 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 22.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,115 (28.0% percentile) for all time with 1,644 births since 1912. For boys, it ranks #4,507 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 79 births since 2019.
Aiko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 2019 for boys). Birth data for Aiko is available in 81 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (81 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Aiko has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 78.6% of babies named Aiko were girls.
For girls, Aiko reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #875) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 44 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aiko is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #875 (7.6% percentile) with 44 births per million.
For boys, Aiko reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #907) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Aiko is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #895 (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aiko".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Aiko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.2% confident that Aiko is pronounced as AI-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-ee-koh, at 10.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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