girls:
799 births since 1911
#4917 (14th percentile)
overall:
799 births since 1911
#6940 (10th percentile)
The name Toshiko is the #6,940 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 799 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 10.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,917 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 799 births since 1911.
Toshiko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (first recorded for girls in 1911). Birth data for Toshiko is available in 42 out of the 74 years between 1911 and 1984. 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, Toshiko reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 8.7% percentile (ranked #557) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1984.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Toshiko".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Toshiko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.6% confident that Toshiko is pronounced as toh-SHEE-koh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TOH-shih-koh, at 37.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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