girls:
1.3k births since 1916
#4422 (23rd percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1986
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1916
#6435 (17th percentile)
The name Mariko is the #6,435 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,307 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 16.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,422 (22.6% percentile) for all time with 1,301 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1986.
Mariko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for girls and 1986 for boys). Birth data for Mariko is available in 76 out of the 107 years between 1916 and 2022 (76 years for girls and 1 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 Mariko has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Mariko reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 6.6% percentile (ranked #736) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 32 births per million (ranked 6.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Mariko reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #704) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mariko".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Mariko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Mariko is pronounced as MAH-rih-koh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-REE-koh, at 25.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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