Takaya
Takaya is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Takaya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Takaya is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Takaya
As a girl name
American parents first put Takaya on the record books as a girl name in 1994, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 12 Takayas were born — ranking #8,280 that year. About 77% of every Takaya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Takaya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 78 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Takaya on the record books as a boy name in 2005, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 5 Takayas were born — ranking #11,471 that year. Takaya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Takaya
Takaya is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 78 births in the dataset. Takaya's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #8,280. Use the chart and map above to compare Takaya'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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