Given name
Tanjiro
“the prized second-born son”
Tanjiro is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “the prized second-born son.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “the prized second-born son.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanjiro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 34 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,671 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,671 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tanjiro’s family of names
Tanjiro has a related form in Tanjyro.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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