Takai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tuh-KY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
Takai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
Where does Takai come from?
Modern: modern coinage; also a Japanese surname
Is Takai a girl's or a boy's name?
Takai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Takai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Takai, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had the most boys named Takai of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Takai in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Takai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Nicknames for Takai
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Takai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Loki Kairo Yuri Zuko Yug Mikko Rumi Kota Sakai Akai Hiro
Names related to Takai
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Takai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/takai, updated 20 October 2026.