Takeo

Popularity Trends

The name Takeo is the #6,984 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 755 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 9.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,832 (16.4% percentile) for all time with 755 births since 1911.

Takeo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (first recorded for boys in 1911). Birth data for Takeo is available in 51 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023. 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, Takeo reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #503) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 41 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Takeo ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 12.0% of its peak share of births.

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

1911 2023 19112023

Key Statistics

Total Births

755

Peak Births

Peak Year

1919

First Recorded

1911

Peak Percentile

6.0%

Current Percentile

0.4%

Peak Rank

#503

Current Rank

#907

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Takeo", 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 Takeo.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Takeo's popularity from 1908 to 2023 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 Takeo 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 Takeo range from Masako at 90.6% correlation to Fiore at 85.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 87.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Nunzio with 1.8K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Captola with 217 births (100% girls).

Takeo's share of births peaked at 41 births per million for boys in 1919. It reached its lowest point of 2.9 births per million (7% of peak) in 1999. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Takeo had 4.9 births per million, 12% of its peak popularity.

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

Masako

821

90.62% (very strong)

Captola

217

88.97% (very strong)

Kazuo

757

88.58% (very strong)

Nunzio

1,824

87.13% (very strong)

Boleslaus

255

87.11% (very strong)

Haruko

680

86.68% (very strong)

Enes

651

86.67% (very strong)

Ethelyne

292

86.50% (very strong)

Yoshio

1,175

86.27% (very strong)

Mafalda

1,279

86.23% (very strong)

Shizuko

620

85.99% (very strong)

Fiore

491

85.58% (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 Takeo

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

Our model is 51.4% confident that Takeo is pronounced as tah-KAY-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-KAY-oh, at 24.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

51.4%

24.3%

10.8%

8.1%

5.4%

tah-KAY-oh (3 syllables)

Verified

51.4% confidence

T AA0 K EY1 OW0

tuh-KAY-oh (3 syllables)

24.3% confidence

T AH0 K EY1 OW0

tuh-KEE-oh (3 syllables)

10.8% confidence

T AH0 K IY1 OW0

tuh-KEH-oh (3 syllables)

8.1% confidence

T AH0 K EH1 OW0

TAH-kee-oh (3 syllables)

5.4% confidence

T AA1 K IY0 OW0

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 Takeo? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Takeo. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Takeo, 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 EY1 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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