Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tsukasa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tsukasa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 25 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 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.
Tsukasa’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Tsukasa is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 丈. In Japanese usage, Tsukasa is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 長.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tsukasa
- Tsukasa ShiotaniJapanese association football playerborn 1988
- Tsukasa HosakaJapanese association football player (1937–2018)
- Tsukasa UmesakiJapanese association football playerborn 1987
- Tsukasa MorishimaJapanese association football playerborn 1997
- Tsukasa HojoJapanese manga artistborn 1959
- Tsukasa MasuyamaJapanese association football playerborn 1990
- Tsukasa MorimotoJapanese association football playerborn 1988
- Tsukasa YoshidaJapanese judokaborn 1995
- Tsukasa OzawaJapanese association football playerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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