Unisex name · since 2019
Tokyo
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 89 babies named Tokyo, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,997 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
89 babies have been named Tokyo since 2019, making it today's #12997 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tokyo has been recorded 89 times among girls since 2019, currently ranked #12997 nationally and more common than 25% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #28,496 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,997 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 89 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tokyo ranks #28,496 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,997 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 89 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,997 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tokyo's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tokyo compares
89 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Tokyo's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tokyo | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 89 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tokyo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tokyo splits its recorded history at 2022: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tokyo popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Tokyo popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 2013 (Tokyo as boys' name)
Tokyo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (82 births, 92% of the file).
2020s was Tokyo's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 92% of all-time use.
Tokyo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 82 births (92% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tokyo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2019–2025 (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 Tokyo 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.