Asako is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “flax.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Asako belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “flax” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Asako first appears in Social Security records in 1911. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2200 in 1925, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 225 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Asako means “flax” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Asako is a girl name.
Asako comes from the Japanese tradition.
Asako first appears in US records in 1911. Its best-ever ranking was #2200 in 1925, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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