boy's name
Takai
- Gender Boy
- Letters 5
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 505
Takai is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 37 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2025, when 37 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 89,606 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1996.
Takai over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 13 |
| 2000s | 178 |
| 2010s | 174 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 140 |
How popular is Takai?
In 2025, Takai was given to 37 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Takai
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Takai also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Takai over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Takai
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Takai — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Takai
How popular is the name Takai?
In 2025, Takai was given to 37 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Takai a girl's or a boy's name?
Takai is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Takai most popular?
Takai peaked in 2025, when 37 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Takai a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Takai currently ranks #3,210 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.