How Many People Are Named Takeshi?
people named Takeshi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,383,744 people in the US has this name
Based on 713 babies named Takeshi in Social Security records from 1912 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
42 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 武 (takeshi) meaning "military, martial" or other kanji having the same reading.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Takeshi, 1.9% were girls and 98.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Takeshi alive today is about 30 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Takeshi first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1924, to 42 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Takeshi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,116, in 1924.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,116 (1924) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,425 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Takeshi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Takeshi were born in California than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Takeshi was given 223.1 times as often in Hawaii and 11 times in California.
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