Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Takashi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 862
- 862 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,607 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Takashi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Takashi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 充. In Japanese usage, Takashi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 剛司. In Japanese usage, Takashi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 剛士.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 37
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 敬士original script · Japanese
- 孝志original script · Japanese
- 貴司original script · Japanese
- 貴史original script · Japanese
- 隆史original script · Japanese
- 隆士original script · Japanese
- 隆司original script · Japanese
- 隆志original script · Japanese
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- 高士original script · Japanese
- 剛士original script · Japanese
- 高史original script · Japanese
- 高志original script · Japanese
- 誉志original script · Japanese
- 貴之original script · Japanese
- 貴志original script · Japanese
- 鷹志original script · Japanese
- 高師original script · Japanese
- 孝司original script · Japanese
- 尚志original script · Japanese
- 卓史original script · Japanese
- 剛司original script · Japanese
- 孝史original script · Japanese
- 昴original script · Japanese
- 敬original script · Japanese
- 崟original script · Japanese
- 崇original script · Japanese
- 峻original script · Japanese
- 尭original script · Japanese
- 尚original script · Japanese
- 尊original script · Japanese
- 孝original script · Japanese
- 隆original script · Japanese
- 卓original script · Japanese
- 充original script · Japanese
- 貴original script · Japanese
- 誉original script · Japanese
- 聖original script · Japanese
People named Takashi
- Takashi InuiJapanese association football playerborn 1988
- Takashi UsamiJapanese association football playerborn 1992
- Takashi HiranoJapanese association football playerborn 1974
- Takashi FukunishiJapanese association football playerborn 1976
- Takashi ShimodaJapanese association football playerborn 1975
- Takashi TakabayashiJapanese association football player (1931–2009)
- Takashi KawanishiJapanese association football playerborn 2000
- Takashi MizunumaJapanese association football player and managerborn 1960
- Takashi KasaharaJapanese association football player (born 1918)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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