Tetsuya
Tetsuya is a masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Tetsuya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tetsuya is a masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Tetsuya
American parents first put Tetsuya on the record books as a baby boy name in 1987, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 7 Tetsuyas were born — ranking #5,459 that year. Tetsuya last appeared in the published SSA data in 1988, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Tetsuya
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Tetsuya (dancer) (born 1981), Japanese dancer
- Tetsuya (musician) (born 1969), Japanese musician
- Tetsuya Asano (浅野 哲也, born 1967) is a former Japanese football player and manager
- Tetsuya Chiba (てつや, born 1939), Japanese manga artist
- Tetsuya Chikushi (哲也, 1935–2008), Japanese newscaster
- Tetsuya Endo (disambiguation) , multiple people
- Tetsuya Enomoto (哲也, born 1983), Japanese football player
- Tetsuya Fujii (哲也), a Japanese astronomer
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Names that sound like Tetsuya
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About the name Tetsuya
Tetsuya is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Tetsuya's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #5,459. Use the chart and map above to compare Tetsuya'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.