Toshi
Toshi is a masculine Japanese given name. It is also a nickname or shortening of several longer names.
Meaning & Origin of Toshi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Toshi is a masculine Japanese given name. It is also a nickname or shortening of several longer names.
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The Story of Toshi
As a girl name
American parents first put Toshi on the record books as a girl name in 1915, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 13 Toshis were born — ranking #2,633 that year. About 36% of every Toshi on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Toshi last appeared in the published SSA data in 1973, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 85 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Toshi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1922, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1922: 8 births, good for #3,252 nationwide. Toshi last appeared in the published SSA data in 1925, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 14 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Toshi
Toshi is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 85 births in the dataset. Toshi's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #2,633. Use the chart and map above to compare Toshi'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.