Taiki
Taiki is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Taiki
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Taiki 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 Taiki
Taiki first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1989, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 16 births, good for #5,032 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 45% of all recorded Taikis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 212 Taikis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Taiki
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About the name Taiki
Taiki is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 212 births in the dataset. Taiki's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #5,032. Use the chart and map above to compare Taiki'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.