Yaeko

Where Yaeko comes from

Borrowed from Japanese やえこ (Yaeko).
— Wiktionary's entry for Yaeko
  • Japanese
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,979 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #1,464
    31 babies named Yaeko — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1931
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,307.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Japanese.
Namesakes

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