Takumi
Takumi is a male Japanese given name; it can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is also a surname using various kanji characters.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Takumi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Takumi is a male Japanese given name; it can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is also a surname using various kanji characters.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Takumi
The earliest SSA record of Takumi as a baby boy name dates back to 1920, when 6 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 25 newborns named Takumi — #4,011 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Takumi on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Takumi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 495 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Takumi
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Takumi Abe ( 阿部 巧 ; born 1991) , Japanese footballer
- Takumi Adachi ( 安達 巧 ; born 1966) , Japanese sport wrestler
- Takumi Akiyama ( 秋山 拓巳 ; born 1991) , Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- Takumi Beppu ( 別府 匠 ; born 1979) , Japanese former racing cyclist
- Takumi Endoh ( 遠藤 卓実 ; born 1984) , Japanese motorcycle racer
- Takumi Fujitani ( 藤谷 匠 ; born 1995) , Japanese footballer
- Takumi Fujiwara (sailor) (born 1962), Japanese sailor
- Takumi Furukawa ( 古川 卓己 ; 1917–2018) , Japanese film director
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Names that sound like Takumi
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About the name Takumi
Takumi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 495 births in the dataset. Takumi's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #4,011. Use the chart and map above to compare Takumi'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.