Tokyo — #8370 US unisex name
82 babies named Tokyo in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to girls today.
91% of everyone ever named Tokyo was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Tokyo in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tokyo
The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Tokyo between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tokyo currently holds the #8370 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Tokyo is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 2013.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tokyo performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tokyo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tokyo 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 82 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.
Tokyo at a glance
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Current rank
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Tokyo popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2022)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #8370 among girls.
82 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 20 births in a single year.
Tokyo popularity over time — boys
22 total births recorded since 2013 (Tokyo as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Tokyo accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tokyo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 75 births that decade — 91% of Tokyo's all-time total
Tokyo decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Tokyo's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 91% 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, 2019–2024 (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.