Takuya
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tɑkujɑ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Takuya is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 33rd most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 531(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 774K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 221K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 152 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 531 (inferred from the name graph)
≈240,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Takuya counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #33 | ≈240,000 est. | ≈1 in 531 | listed | Takuya | 152 |
| CN China | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 830K | — | Takuya | 13 |
| US United States | — | 430 | 1 in 774K | 428 | Takuya | 142 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 237K | — | Takuya | 12 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 221K | 1 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 569K | — | Takuya | 9 |
| FI Finland | — | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 463K | 30 | — | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the japanese-names-oneill-1972 register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Takuya Okadab. 1925JPJapanese businessman (1925-)
- Takuya Fujiokab. 1930JPJapanese actor and seiyū
- Takuya Hiraib. 1958JPJapanese politician
- Takuya Tassob. 1964JPGovernor of Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- Takuya Kirimotob. 1967JPJapanese voice actor
- Takuya Kimurab. 1972JPJapanese actor and singer
- Takuya Ōnishib. 1975JPJapanese astronaut (1975-)
- Takuya Hanedab. 1987JPJapanese canoeist (born 1987)
- Takuya Ishidab. 1987JPJapanese actor
- Takuya Ideb. 1991JPJapanese actor and seiyū
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 428 | #22,961 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #13,698 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #27,186 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1997 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 9 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Takuya?
- A machine transcription gives /tɑkujɑ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Takuya a male or female name?
- Takuya is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Takuya have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 236 thousand people named Takuya in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled takuya.
- How common is the name Takuya?
- In the United States, the national register counted 430 people named Takuya in 2020, about 1 in 774 thousand residents.
- How common is Takuya compared with other names?
- In Japan, Takuya is the 33rd most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Takuya?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/takuyaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Takuya” — the 33rd most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.