Takara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-KAH-rah
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Takara is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “treasure”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Takara mean?
Japanese: Japanese takara
“treasure”
Is Takara a girl's or a boy's name?
Takara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Takara in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Takara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Takara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Takara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Takara, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Takara in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Takara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,053 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 52 | #2,369 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,197 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,979 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,047 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,922 |
| 1983 | 78 | #1,475 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Takara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Khadija Amira Alisha Safa Hana Amina Halima Summer Aaliyah Maya Hiba
Names related to Takara
More Japanese names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Takara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/takara, updated 20 October 2026.