Takako
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘Filial child’; ‘noble child’; ‘high child’
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˌtɑˈkɑkoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Takako is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 229K
- AOAngola≈1 in 38K
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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 171 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈99,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘Filial child’; ‘noble child’; ‘high child’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Takako 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 | #186 | ≈99,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Takako | 126 |
| US United States | — | 1,454 | 1 in 229K | 1.5K | Takako | 171 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈850 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Takako | 1 |
| BR Brazil | — | 351 | 1 in 603K | 448 | — | — |
| IT Italy | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 295K | — | Takako | 6 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 158K | — | Takako | 9 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 141K | listed | — | 4 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Takako is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (japan. taka »ehrenvoll, hoch« + japan. fco »Kind«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Murasaki Shikibub. 978JPnot in their usual nameJapanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
- Takako Irieb. 1911JPJapanese actress (1911–1995)
- Takako Doib. 1928JPJapanese politician (1928-2014)
- Takako Takahashib. 1932JPJapanese writer (1932–2013)
- Takako Nishizakib. 1944JPJapanese violinist
- Takako Katoub. 1970JPJapanese actress and singer
- Takako Fujib. 1972JPJapanese actress
- Takako Shimurab. 1973JPJapanese mangaka
- Takako Matsub. 1977JPJapanese actress and pop singer-songwriter
- Takako Ueharab. 1983JPJapanese idol
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 19 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #9,522 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 448 | #7,998 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 446 | #15,378 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 351 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 337 | #17,079 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1960 | 325 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1950 | 238 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1940 | 150 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1940 | 88 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1950 | 87 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1930 | 72 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1960 | 26 | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- What does the name Takako mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘Filial child’; ‘noble child’; ‘high child’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Takako?
- A machine transcription gives /ˌtɑˈkɑkoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Takako a male or female name?
- Takako is a female 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 Takako have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 99 thousand people named Takako in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled takako.
- How common is the name Takako?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,454 people named Takako in 2020, about 1 in 229 thousand residents.
- How common is Takako compared with other names?
- In Japan, Takako is the 186th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Takako?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/takakoThe 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, “Takako” — the 186th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.