Tsutomu
Tsutomu is a masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Tsutomu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tsutomu is a masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Tsutomu
American parents first put Tsutomu on the record books as a baby boy name in 1912, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 31 Tsutomus were born — ranking #1,329 that year. About 62% of every Tsutomu on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Tsutomu last appeared in the published SSA data in 1937, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 352 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tsutomu
Tsutomu is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 352 births in the dataset. Tsutomu's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #1,329. Use the chart and map above to compare Tsutomu'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.