Takashi
Meaning
filial piety, noble and prosperous, or esteem, depending on the kanji
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Takashi has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
571 people · the #12,208 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 73
Among people named Takashi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Takashi
Most people given the name Takashi in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Takashi you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Takashi deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Takashi truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Takashi fits with your family’s names and surname.
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