Tadao
Tadao is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Tadao Ando , Japanese architect Aoyama Tadao , Japanese daimyō Tadao Baba , Japanese motorcycle engineer Tadao Chino , Japanese banker Tadao Higuchi , Japanese photographer Tadao Horie , Japanese footballer and manager Tadao Ikeda , Japanese screenwriter and film director Tadao Kasami , Japanese information…
Meaning & Origin of Tadao
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tadao is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Tadao Ando , Japanese architect Aoyama Tadao , Japanese daimyō Tadao Baba , Japanese motorcycle engineer Tadao Chino , Japanese banker Tadao Higuchi , Japanese photographer Tadao Horie , Japanese footballer and manager Tadao Ikeda , Japanese screenwriter and film director Tadao Kasami , Japanese information…
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The Story of Tadao
Tadao first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 26 Tadaos were born — ranking #1,457 that year. As of 2026, Tadao ranks #3,534 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 295 Tadaos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Tadao
Tadao is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 295 births in the dataset. Tadao's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,457. Use the chart and map above to compare Tadao'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 .
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