Taku — boys' name
37 babies named Taku in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Taku was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Taku in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taku
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Taku between 1984 and 2010, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taku currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taku performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Taku shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taku 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 37 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.
Taku at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taku popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1984
- Peak year (1991)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
37 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 6 births in a single year.
Taku by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 21 births that decade — 57% of Taku's all-time total
Taku decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Taku's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 1984–2010 (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.