Daisuke
Daisuke is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Daisuke
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Daisuke is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Daisuke
American parents first put Daisuke on the record books as a baby boy name in 1978, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 13 Daisukes were born — ranking #4,326 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 47% of all recorded Daisukes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2012 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 136 Daisukes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Daisuke
Daisuke is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 136 births in the dataset. Daisuke's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #4,326. Use the chart and map above to compare Daisuke's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.