Tanaka
7
Babies in 2024
+17%
10-year change
2004
Peak · 17
+75%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Tanaka
Tanaka peaked among UK boys' names in the early 2000s (17 babies in 2004) and has remained in active use — 7 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Tanaka reached its peak in 2004, when 17 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,110 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 7 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 24 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 193 boys have been officially registered with the name Tanaka in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 54 boys were registered with the name, starting from 6 in 2014 and ending at 7 in 2024.