How Many People Are Named Takashi Shimura?

There are approximately 1 people named Takashi Shimura living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Takashi with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Shimura. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Takashi

Last Name

Shimura

Takashi: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Takashi. The peak year was 1925 with 42 births. The average person named Takashi today is 37 years old.

Ancestry of the First Name Takashi

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Takashi in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Takashi rose or fell over time.

White

1.61%

Black

3.54%

Hispanic

1.99%

Asian/Pacific Islander

87.27%

Two or More Races

5.59%

Ancestry of the Shimura Surname

The surname Shimura was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Shimura in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

8.46%

Hispanic

3.08%

Asian/Pacific Islander

81.54%

Two or More Races

6.92%

How we calculated this

The first name "Takashi" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Shimura" appears at a rate of 0.04 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Takashi are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Takashi

Takashi Smith Takashi Johnson Takashi Williams Takashi Jones Takashi Brown Takashi Shimizu Takashi Garcia

Other people with the surname Shimura

Michael Shimura David Shimura James Shimura William Shimura Robert Shimura John Shimura

Takashi Shimura: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Takashi Shimura?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Takashi Shimura are alive in the United States today. The first name Takashi is shared by 373 Americans, and the surname Shimura is shared by 149.

How rare is the name Takashi Shimura?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Takashi is very rare and the surname Shimura is very rare.

Is Takashi a male or female name?

Takashi is predominantly male, with 100.0% of bearers being male and 0.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 1925 and the average bearer today is 37 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Takashi?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Takashi was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander (87.27%). The next largest recorded groups were Two or More Races (5.59%) and Black (3.54%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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