Takako
Takako is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Takako
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Takako 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 Takako
Takako first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1916, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 12 births, good for #2,762 nationwide. About 51% of every Takako on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Takako last appeared in the published SSA data in 1974, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 148 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Takako
Takako is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 148 births in the dataset. Takako's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #2,762. Use the chart and map above to compare Takako'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.