Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yoshitaka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 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 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 174 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.
Yoshitaka’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Yoshitaka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佳孝. In Japanese usage, Yoshitaka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佳隆. In Japanese usage, Yoshitaka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 凱孝.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 13
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yoshitaka
- Yoshitaka AmanoJapanese painter, character designer, illustrator, book designerborn 1952
- Yoshitaka FujisakiJapanese association football playerborn 1975
- Yoshitaka OhashiJapanese association football playerborn 1983
- Yoshitaka WatanabeJapanese association football playerborn 1973
- Yoshitaka KageyamaJapanese association football playerborn 1978
- Ōuchi Yoshitakadaimyo (1507-1551)
- Kuki YoshitakaNaval commander1542–1600
- Gigō FunakoshiJapanese karateka (1907–1945)
- Fujiwara no YoshitakaJapanese waka poet954–974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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