Tetsuo
Tetsuo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Tetsuo Hara , Japanese manga artist Tetsuo Imai , Japanese middle-distance runner Tetsuo Inoue , Japanese table tennis player Tetsuo Kagawa , Japanese astronomer Tetsuo Kutsukake , Japanese politician Tetsuo Najita , American historian Tetsuo Saito , Japanese politician Tetsuo Sakurai , Japanese jazz fusion…
Meaning & Origin of Tetsuo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tetsuo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Tetsuo Hara , Japanese manga artist Tetsuo Imai , Japanese middle-distance runner Tetsuo Inoue , Japanese table tennis player Tetsuo Kagawa , Japanese astronomer Tetsuo Kutsukake , Japanese politician Tetsuo Najita , American historian Tetsuo Saito , Japanese politician Tetsuo Sakurai , Japanese jazz fusion…
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The Story of Tetsuo
Tetsuo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 26 Tetsuos were born — ranking #1,492 that year. As of 2026, Tetsuo ranks #3,430 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 268 Tetsuos 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 Tetsuo
Tetsuo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 268 births in the dataset. Tetsuo's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #1,492. Use the chart and map above to compare Tetsuo'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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