NameTides

Tanaka

Tanaka was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).

Tanaka as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Tanaka as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Tanaka as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025—#5,137 (3)—
2024—#2,922 (7)—
2023—#4,108 (4)—
2021—#3,017 (6)—
2020—#3,848 (4)—
2019—#3,013 (6)—
2018—#3,412 (5)—
2017—#3,040 (6)—
2016—#4,023 (4)—
2015—#3,004 (6)—
2014—#2,964 (6)—
2013—#2,660 (7)—
2012—#2,270 (9)#568 (4)
2011—#3,300 (5)—
2010—#1,551 (15)—

Tanaka as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Tanaka as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Tanaka as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2023—#3,599 (6)
2022—#4,646 (4)
2020—#5,493 (3)
2019—#5,591 (3)
2012—#4,838 (4)
2011—#4,764 (4)
2010—#3,156 (7)
2009—#4,564 (4)
2008—#2,721 (8)
2007—#2,233 (10)
2006—#1,660 (14)
2005—#2,682 (7)
2004#16,099 (5)#2,530 (7)
2003—#3,594 (4)
2002#15,432 (5)#4,137 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2004 at #1,110.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.