girls:
69 births since 2019
#5647 (1st percentile)
boys:
22 births since 2013
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
91 births since 2013
#7648 (1st percentile)
The name Tokyo is the #7,648 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 91 recorded births since 2013. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,647 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 69 births since 2019. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2013.
Tokyo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2013 (2013 for boys and 2019 for girls). Birth data for Tokyo is available in 7 out of the 11 years between 2013 and 2023 (5 years for girls and 4 years for boys). 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.
The name Tokyo has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 77.3% of babies named Tokyo were girls. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 2013 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (85.2% girls from 2019 to 2023).
For girls, Tokyo reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #943) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Tokyo ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 87.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tokyo reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #922) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Tokyo ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 73.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tokyo".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tokyo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.0% confident that Tokyo is pronounced as TOH-kee-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TOH-kee-OH, at 19.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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