Takeshi
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
Takeshi is a boys' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Takeshi mean?
Japanese
A male given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Takeshi a girl's or a boy's name?
Takeshi is a boys' name.
How popular is Takeshi in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1924, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Takeshi in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Takeshi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,279 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,107 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,351 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Names like Takeshi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore, Everett, Julius, Oliver, Leo, Henry, Eli, Abraham, Wilson, William, Emery, Emerson
Names related to Takeshi
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
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, “Takeshi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/takeshi, updated 20 October 2026.