Tatsuya
Tatsuya is a common masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Tatsuya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tatsuya is a common masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Tatsuya
The earliest SSA record of Tatsuya as a baby boy name dates back to 1988, when 7 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Tatsuya — #5,109 in the national rankings. About 61% of every Tatsuya on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Tatsuya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 104 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Tatsuya
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Tatsuya Anzai ( 安在 達弥 ; born 1996) , Japanese footballer
- Tatsuya Egawa (達也, born 1961), Japanese manga artist
- Tatsuya Endo ( 遠藤 達哉 ; born 1980) , Japanese manga artist
- Tatsuya Enomoto (達也, born 1979), Japanese footballer
- Tatsuya Fuji (born 1941), Japanese film actor
- Tatsuya Fujiwara (竜也, born 1982), Japanese actor
- Tatsuya Fukuhara ( 福原 辰弥 ; born 1989) , Japanese boxer
- Tatsuya Fukuzawa ( 福澤 達哉 ; born 1986) , Japanese volleyball player
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Names that sound like Tatsuya
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About the name Tatsuya
Tatsuya is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 104 births in the dataset. Tatsuya's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #5,109. Use the chart and map above to compare Tatsuya'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.