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Takashi

boy name
Origin
Japanese
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

filial piety, noble and prosperous, or esteem, depending on the kanji

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

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

1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s

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.

Names that fit alongside Takashi

Kiyoshi Kenichi Tadashi Kazumi Takumi Takeo

The Takashi deep dive

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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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