Takao

Popularity Trends

The name Takao is the #7,593 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 146 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,440 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 146 births since 1914.

Takao first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Takao is available in 17 out of the 22 years between 1914 and 1935. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Takao reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #536) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1935.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Takao".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

146

Peak Births

Peak Year

1922

First Recorded

1914

Peak Percentile

1.8%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#536

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Takao.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Takao", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Takao.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Takao's popularity from 1911 to 1938 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Takao at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Takao range from Mitsuko at 88.4% correlation to Maxyne at 85.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 86.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Mitsuko with 565 births (100% girls) and the least popular is Maxyne with 87 births (100% girls).

Takao's share of births peaked at 13.8 births per million for boys in 1922. It reached its lowest point of 5.3 births per million (39% of peak) in 1930. In 1935, the most recent period with data, the name Takao had 5.6 births per million, 41% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Mitsuko

565

88.45% (very strong)

Helyne

108

87.61% (very strong)

Isao

246

87.58% (very strong)

Dorothie

520

87.13% (very strong)

Emmert

201

87.03% (very strong)

Modine

152

86.92% (very strong)

Carmino

185

86.40% (very strong)

Yoshie

395

86.29% (very strong)

Yoneko

202

85.91% (very strong)

Masae

137

85.81% (very strong)

Yukio

427

85.64% (very strong)

Maxyne

85.63% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Takao

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Takao. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 38.2% confident that Takao is pronounced as tah-KAH-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-KAH-oh, at 29.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.

38.2%

29.4%

14.7%

11.8%

5.9%

tah-KAH-oh (3 syllables)

Verified

38.2% confidence

T AA0 K AA1 OW0

tuh-KAH-oh (3 syllables)

29.4% confidence

T AH0 K AA1 OW0

tuh-KOW (2 syllables)

14.7% confidence

T AH0 K AW1

tah-KOW (2 syllables)

11.8% confidence

T AA0 K AW1

tuh-KAW (2 syllables)

5.9% confidence

T AH0 K AO1

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Takao? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Takao. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Takao, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like T AA0 K AA1 OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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