Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard disk drives, printers, batteries, lighting, as well as IT solutions such as quantum cryptography.
Meaning & Origin of Toshiba
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard disk drives, printers, batteries, lighting, as well as IT solutions such as quantum cryptography.
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The Story of Toshiba
Toshiba first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1974, with 58 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1974, when 58 Toshibas were born — ranking #1,616 that year. As of 2026, Toshiba ranks #11,509 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 408 Toshibas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Toshiba
Toshiba is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 408 births in the dataset. Toshiba's peak popularity came in 1974 when it ranked #1,616. Use the chart and map above to compare Toshiba'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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