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Fusako

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How to Pronounce Fusako

Pronounced foo-SAH-koh /fuˈsɑːkoʊ/Medium

Meaning: Fusako is a traditional Japanese girls' name; its meaning depends on the kanji chosen, but it commonly pairs a fusa element, read as tassel or a related sense, with ko meaning child, a very common ending for girls' names of the era.Low

In 30 seconds: Fusako is a traditional Japanese girls' name ending in ko, meaning child. Said foo-SAH-koh, it appeared for a small number of United States girls, almost entirely in Japanese American families.
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Origin MediumJapanese
MeaningFusako is a traditional Japanese girls' name; its meaning depends on the kanji chosen, but it commonly pairs a fusa element, read as tassel or a related sense, with ko meaning child, a very common ending for girls' names of the era.
U.S. rank (1931)#4582 ↗ Rising
1931 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1920
Total births (all-time)≈ 193

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 192019131931

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Fusako reached American records almost entirely through Japanese immigrant families in a narrow window around the nineteen-tens and twenties. Like many Japanese names, its meaning rests on its written characters, and it belongs to the Issei and Nisei generations whose lives were later marked by the wartime internment.

It was never common in the United States, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at most, and its American appearances clustered before the Second World War. A girl named Fusako then would be past a hundred today. The name remains distinctly Japanese, carried by an early immigrant generation.

Did you know? The ko ending on Fusako, meaning child, was among the most common closings for Japanese girls' names in the early twentieth century; the exact meaning shifts with the characters a family chose.
Overall data confidence 50%
References - Fusako — Japanese girls' name; kanji-dependent meaning; fusa + ko (child)

Variations

FusaeFusaFusayo

Nicknames

FusaFuSako

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Fusako mean?

It is a Japanese name whose meaning depends on its written characters, commonly pairing a fusa element with ko meaning child.

How do you pronounce Fusako?

It is said foo-SAH-koh /fuˈsɑːkoʊ/, three syllables with the stress on the second.

Is Fusako a boy or girl name?

Fusako is recorded as a girl's name.

How popular is Fusako?

It has always been very rare in the United States, given to only a couple dozen girls a year during the nineteen-tens and twenties.

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