Setsuko

Girl · recorded 1915–1945

  • 1945last recorded
  • 1928best year

Most popular in 1928.

Last recorded in 1945. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Setsuko.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1915

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 26 recorded years as a table
Setsuko, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19155
19176
191812
19199
19209
19218
192210
19238
192411
192517
192613
192711
192831
192921
193018
193121
193219
193314
193415
193514
193610
19376
19385
19414
19445
19454

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Setsuko isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1945
5
Rank in 1945
#4,556
How rare
1 in 261,418 girls
Since 1915
347

Setsuko was last recorded in 1945. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1928, at 31 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Setsuko doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.