Shigeko

Popularity Trends

The name Shigeko is the #7,414 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 325 recorded births since 1909. This represents the 4.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,391 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 325 births since 1909.

Shigeko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1909 (first recorded for girls in 1909). Birth data for Shigeko is available in 24 out of the 28 years between 1909 and 1936. 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.

For girls, Shigeko reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #582) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1936.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shigeko".

1909 1936 19091936

Key Statistics

Total Births

325

Peak Births

Peak Year

1926

First Recorded

1909

Peak Percentile

3.6%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#582

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shigeko", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Shigeko.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Shigeko's popularity from 1906 to 1939 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Shigeko at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Shigeko range from Seymour at 89.0% correlation to Vito at 85.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 87.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Carmella with 20.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Sadako with 349 births (100% girls).

Shigeko's share of births peaked at 21.9 births per million for girls in 1926. It reached its lowest point of 5.4 births per million (25% of peak) in 1932. In 1936, the most recent period with data, the name Shigeko had 5.6 births per million, 25% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Seymour

13.1k

89.05% (very strong)

Mafalda

1,279

88.66% (very strong)

Fernande

521

88.16% (very strong)

Hideo

805

87.56% (very strong)

Yaeko

439

87.17% (very strong)

Yoshiko

1,329

86.82% (very strong)

Hisako

368

86.74% (very strong)

Sadako

349

86.46% (very strong)

Carmella

20.3k

86.19% (very strong)

Mitsuko

565

85.98% (very strong)

Luverne

1,913

85.87% (very strong)

Vito

14.8k

85.86% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Shigeko

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Shigeko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 28.3% confident that Shigeko is pronounced as shih-GEH-koh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHIH-GEH-koh, at 28.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

28.3%

28.3%

26.1%

17.4%

shih-GEH-koh (3 syllables)

28.3% confidence

SH IH0 G EH1 K OW0

SHIH-GEH-koh (3 syllables)

28.3% confidence

SH IH1 G EH1 K OW0

shee-GEH-koh (3 syllables)

26.1% confidence

SH IY0 G EH1 K OW0

SHEE-geh-koh (3 syllables)

17.4% confidence

SH IY1 G EH0 K OW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Shigeko? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Shigeko. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Shigeko, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like SH IH0 G EH1 K OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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