Tatsuo
Tatsuo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Tatsuo Endō (actor) , Japanese actor Tatsuo Endo (engineer) , Japanese engineer Tatsuo Fukuda, Japanese politician Tatsuo Fujimoto , Japanese swimmer Tatsuo Hasegawa , Japanese automotive engineer Tatsuo Hirano , Japanese politician Tatsuo Hori , Japanese writer, poet and translator Tatsuo Ichikawa , Japanese ice…
Meaning & Origin of Tatsuo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tatsuo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Tatsuo Endō (actor) , Japanese actor Tatsuo Endo (engineer) , Japanese engineer Tatsuo Fukuda, Japanese politician Tatsuo Fujimoto , Japanese swimmer Tatsuo Hasegawa , Japanese automotive engineer Tatsuo Hirano , Japanese politician Tatsuo Hori , Japanese writer, poet and translator Tatsuo Ichikawa , Japanese ice…
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The Story of Tatsuo
The earliest SSA record of Tatsuo as a baby boy name dates back to 1915, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 57 newborns named Tatsuo — #824 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 50% of all recorded Tatsuos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1940 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 222 Tatsuos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Tatsuo
Tatsuo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 222 births in the dataset. Tatsuo's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #824. Use the chart and map above to compare Tatsuo'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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