Japanese Names
Explore names documented in Japanese naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1942. | 12#8,811 | new | 1959 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1965. | 123#1,681 | Down 526 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 257#983 | Up 169 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1917. | 355#765 | Up 724 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1909. | 16#6,989 | Down 1,592 rank positions in five years | 1981 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | 7#10,059 | Down 3,636 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1910. | 9#8,614 | Up 1,519 rank positions in five years | 1923 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1910. | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1915. | 24#5,398 | Up 78 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1907. | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1956. | 12#8,607 | Down 3,520 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1913. | —Unranked | — | 1925 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1911. | —Unranked | — | 1923 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1911. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1911. | 5#12,984 | new | 1921 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1910. | —Unranked | — | 1923 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | —Unranked | — | 1924 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1920. | 14#6,280 | Down 1,140 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1913. | 19#6,259 | Up 10,496 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1904. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1910. | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1911. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1969. | 9#8,888 | Down 1,410 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Japanese-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | —Unranked | — | 1917 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.