Tadashi
Tadashi, Japanese masculine name, may refer to :Tadashi Abe , the first aikido master to live and teach in the west Tadashi Agi , Japanese manga story writer, novelist and screenwriter Tadashi Hayashi , Japanese basketball coach Tadashi Honda , Japanese swimmer Tadashi Inuzuka , Japanese politician Tadashi Iijima , Japanese film critic Tadashi Irie , a Japanese yakuza boss Tadashi Ishimine ,…
Meaning & Origin of Tadashi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tadashi, Japanese masculine name, may refer to :Tadashi Abe , the first aikido master to live and teach in the west Tadashi Agi , Japanese manga story writer, novelist and screenwriter Tadashi Hayashi , Japanese basketball coach Tadashi Honda , Japanese swimmer Tadashi Inuzuka , Japanese politician Tadashi Iijima , Japanese film critic Tadashi Irie , a Japanese yakuza boss Tadashi Ishimine ,…
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The Story of Tadashi
Tadashi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 35 Tadashis were born — ranking #1,222 that year. As of 2026, Tadashi ranks #7,845 for baby boys with 6 births, falling sharply (-31%). In total, more than 678 Tadashis 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 Tadashi
Tadashi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 678 births in the dataset. Tadashi's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #1,152. Use the chart and map above to compare Tadashi'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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