Tadashi — #8334 US boys' name
665 babies named Tadashi in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Tadashi was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Tadashi in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tadashi
The Social Security Administration has registered 665 babies named Tadashi between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tadashi currently holds the #8334 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tadashi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Tadashi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 264 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Tadashi in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tadashi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 665 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tadashi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tadashi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (1922)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #8334 among boys.
665 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 35 births in a single year.
Tadashi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 255 births that decade — 38% of Tadashi's all-time total
Tadashi decade highlights
- Peak decade 255 births
- Runner-up 156 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Tadashi's strongest decade
255 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Tadashi by state
Where Tadashi concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 264 | 39.7% |
| #2 | California | | 159 | 23.9% |
| #3 | Washington | | 5 | 0.8% |
264 of 665 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 39.7% of nationwide
- California 23.9% of nationwide
- Washington 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 39.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.