Takuya — boys' name
145 babies named Takuya in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Takuya was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Takuya in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Takuya
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Takuya between 1987 and 2001, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Takuya currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Takuya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Takuya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Takuya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Takuya 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 145 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.
Takuya at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Takuya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1987
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
145 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 15 births in a single year.
Takuya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 106 births that decade — 73% of Takuya's all-time total
Takuya decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Takuya's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Takuya by state
Where Takuya concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 6.9% |
10 of 145 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1987–2001 (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.