Takumi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tah-KOO-mee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Takumi is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “artisan, skilled craftsman”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Takumi mean?
Japanese: often written with a kanji meaning skill or master craftsman
“artisan, skilled craftsman”
The word takumi also names the Japanese ideal of the master artisan who perfects a craft over a lifetime.
Is Takumi a girl's or a boy's name?
Takumi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Takumi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 5 boys.
Takumi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Takumi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Takumi, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Takumi in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Takumi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
Names like Takumi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loki, Rumi, Yug, Tai, Minh, Kairo, Dakota, Shko, Yoan, Ruairi, Yitzchok, Akari
Names related to Takumi
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya
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, “Takumi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/takumi, updated 20 October 2026.