Tokyo
Girl · TOH-kee-oh · Japanese
Tokyo is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “eastern capital”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Tokyo mean?
Japanese: from to 'east' and kyo 'capital'
“eastern capital”
Tokyo became Japan's capital in 1868, when the city of Edo was renamed.
- Say it
- TOH-kee-oh
Is Tokyo a girl's or a boy's name?
Tokyo is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Tokyo in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 3 girls.
Tokyo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
How popular is Tokyo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Tokyo, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2019. 5 boys were also named Tokyo in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Tokyo than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Tokyo in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tokyo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
Names like Tokyo
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