Recorded 1992–2017 Boys' name Peak 2001 89 births

Takeru — boys' name

89 babies named Takeru in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s302000s372010s22
2000s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Takeru was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

11 babies were named Takeru in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Takeru

The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Takeru between 1992 and 2017, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Takeru currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Takeru performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Takeru shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Takeru 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 89 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.

Takeru at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

89

Since 1992

26 years of records

Peak year

2001

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1992

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2017

Takeru popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1992

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2001)
11
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
4681012 20172013200920032001199819951992 5

Takeru by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
37 births that decade — 42% of Takeru's all-time total
1990s302000s372010s22

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Takeru?
89 babies have been named Takeru since 1992. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2001 with 11 births.
When was Takeru most popular?
Takeru was most popular in the 2000s decade with 37 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Takeru been used?
Takeru has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 26 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Takeru?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Takoda, Takashi, Takeo, Takeshi, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1992–2017 (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.