Unisex name · since 1995
Takota
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 410 babies named Takota, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,887 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,696 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 410
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
410 babies have been named Takota since 1995, making it today's #12696 unisex name.
Takota has 410 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12696 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #8,887 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,696 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 410 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Takota ranks #8,887 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,696 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 410 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,887 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,696 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 410
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Takota's 410 recorded births place it above 80.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Takota compares
410 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Takota's all-time total is 11% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Takota | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 410 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Takota's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Takota splits its recorded history at 2010: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Takota popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Takota popularity over time - girls
33 total births recorded since 1996 (Takota as girls' name)
Takota by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (175 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Takota's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Takota births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
175 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 175 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Takota's decade-level peak was the 2000s (175 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Takota: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Takota draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.