Boys' name · since 1987

Tetsuya

12 babies named Tetsuya in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#33,009 of 45,481
all-time among boys
12
born since 1987
1980s
peak decade

Tetsuya is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 12 have been recorded since 1987.

Tetsuya has 12 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1988.

  • #33,009 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 12 born since 1987
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tetsuya ranks #33,009 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1987, peaking in the 1980s.

#33,009 of 45,481
all-time among boys
12
born since 1987
1980s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Tetsuya's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Tetsuya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Tetsuya's full recorded timeline at 1988, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Tetsuya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1988

Last recorded 1988
Peak year (1987)
7
Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19871988 5

Tetsuya by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).

1980s was Tetsuya's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Tetsuya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tetsuya? ▼
Tetsuya has been given to 12 babies in the U.S. since 1987, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #33,009 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1988. 7 babies were born in 1987, its single highest year.
Where does Tetsuya sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tetsuya ranks #33,009 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tetsuya most popular? ▼
Tetsuya was most popular in the 1980s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1987.
How long has the name Tetsuya been used? ▼
Tetsuya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 2 years of data through 1988.
What names are similar to Tetsuya? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tetsuo, Tetsuro, Tetsu. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Tetsuya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1987–1988 (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 Tetsuya 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.