boy's name

Takumi

  • Origin Japanese
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 574

Takumi is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Takumi is a name of Japanese origin.
  • Peaked in 2007, when 25 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1920.

Takumi over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s 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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'20 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Takumi by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 11
1980s 8
1990s 126
2000s 183
2010s 128
2020s (to 2025) 48

How popular is Takumi?

In 2025, Takumi was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Takumi is used

Canada #3,467 5 in 2020
England & Wales #5,888 3 in 2020
France #6,858 5 in 2020
United States #8,848 9 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Takumi

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Takumi also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Takumi over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Takumi

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Takumi — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Takumi

How popular is the name Takumi?

In 2025, Takumi was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Takumi a girl's or a boy's name?

Takumi is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Takumi most popular?

Takumi peaked in 2007, when 25 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Takumi a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Takumi currently ranks #8,848 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.