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[Opinions] Japanese Names in the 1910s & 20s
I was looking at a baby name grapher and noticed that Japanese names had a spike in the US in the 1910s & 1920s.These are some of the names that spiked the most. What do you think of them?Aiko
Fumiko
Kiyoko
Masako
Michiko
Miyoko
Shizuko
Sumiko
Toshiko
Yoshiko

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Ko must have been a popular ending. I like Aiko, Kiyoko, Miyoko, and Sumiko, but none are bad.
Wow, -ko names were really popular back then huh? They're not my favorite but I like Miyoko and Sumiko. I prefer Shizuka or Shizuku to Shizuko.Masako and Toshiko sound too masculine for me.
Not just back then! I had a number of friends who were exchange students from Japan in the early 2000s and their names also ended in -ko.
Yeah -ko names had a veryyy long grip on the country, it seems like. Only recently have they fallen out of style.
Yeah, I was looking at older threads and it seems -ko names are very dated in Japan. I had no idea.