Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taketa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 0 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 501 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Taketa’s family of names
In English usage, Taketa as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 武田.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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