Tanaka Popularity by Year
Follow Tanaka across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Tanaka birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 5,885 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 5 | #16,099 | Down 667 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 5 | #15,432 | Down 2,285 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 5 | #13,147 | Down 5,835 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 8 | #7,312 | Up 3,099 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 19 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 5 | #10,392 | Down 3,079 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 8 | #7,313 | Down 3,071 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 16 | #4,242 | Up 700 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 13 | #4,942 | Down 579 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 5 | #5,587 | — |
| 1976 | Girls | 14 | #4,363 | Up 798 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 11 | #5,161 | Down 934 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 14 | #4,227 | Down 72 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 14 | #4,155 | Up 3,137 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 6 | #7,292 | — |