Taki
Taki is a name with a single cultural origin: Old Danish.
- Old Danish
Meaning & Origin of Taki
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Taki is a name with a single cultural origin: Old Danish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Old Danish
The Story of Taki
As a girl name
Taki first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1982, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 5 births, good for #10,517 nationwide. Taki last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Taki as a boy name dates back to 1972, when 5 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Taki — #6,633 in the national rankings. About 64% of every Taki on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Taki last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 50 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Taki
Taki is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 50 births in the dataset. Taki's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #6,633. Use the chart and map above to compare Taki'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.