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Takeshi

Boys' name

Military, martial

Takeshi has been given to 713 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 42 recorded.

Babies named Takeshi, 2024

1 in 669,000

Takeshi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Takeshi: meaning, origin, and history

Military, martial

Japanese

What Takeshi means

Takeshi means “military, martial”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Takeshi is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /tä.ke̞.ɕi/ for Takeshi.

Origin, language, and formation

Takeshi is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 708 boys were recorded with the name Takeshi between 1912 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 42 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,116 in 1924.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Takeshi between 1976 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1976; its best national rank was #10,702 in 1976.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Takeshi?

Takeshi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 669,000
5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 345,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
463,412 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Takeshi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Takeshi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Takeshis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Takeshi was born before 1927 — so the typical Takeshi is around 98 today.

Median birth year
1927
About 98 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
18.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
238
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (270).

Is Takeshi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1924 (42)
Years since peak
101
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,116
1924

Spellings of Takeshi

Takeshi is not the most common spelling — Takashi is, with 38.4% against Takeshi's 31.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Takeshi is used

Across 1910–2025, Takeshi was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,381 boys, against 1 in 54,610 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

042 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 2,381
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Takeshi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Takeshi around the world

Where Takeshi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1978–2000
    #556
    in 2000

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Takeshi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,116
1924
Peak year
1924
42 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
708
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,702
1976
Peak year
1976
5 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
1976
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Takeshi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Takeshi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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