Takuto

Boys' name

Japanese name; meaning depends on kanji

Takuto has been given to 58 babies in the U.S. since 1995. 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 2002, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Takuto, 2017

1 in 715,000

Takuto over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Takuto: meaning, origin, and history

Japanese name; meaning depends on kanji

Japanese

What Takuto means

Takuto is documented with more than one possible Japanese character combination. The Latin-letter spelling records a pronunciation; it does not specify one unique kanji spelling or one universal meaning.

Possible character meanings include expand, open, support, person.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Takuto is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /tä.kɯᵝ.to̞/ for Takuto.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 58 boys were recorded with the name Takuto between 1995 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2002; its best national rank was #9,270 in 2002.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Takuto?

Takuto had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 370,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Takuto 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 2017 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 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Takuto. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Takutos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Takuto was born before 2006 — so the typical Takuto is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 53.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 58; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 53.4% of all recorded uses (31).

Is Takuto 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: —; 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 2002 (7)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,270; 2002

Spellings of Takuto

Takuto is not the most common spelling — Takeo is, with 40.6% against Takuto's 3.1%.

Takeo40.6%763
Makoto29.4%553
Takumi26.8%504
Takuto3.1%58

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.

Takuto 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: #9,270; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 7 that year
First recorded: 1995
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 58
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Takuto

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

Takhari Takoa Takeem Takeru Takari Takota Taksh Takrim Takumi Takuya Takuma Takoma Takoah Takhi Kazuto Takai Haruto Taki Takayuki Takwon Rikuto Takao Pluto Canuto

Sibling names for Takuto

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

For a sister

Iyana Alize Lisbeth Vanesa Shakira Kaiya Shreya Anastacia

For a brother

Dallin Zakary Keyon Kelton Donavan Alexandre Jaylon Jaylin

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