Taka is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “silver coin.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Taka belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “silver coin” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Taka first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4626 in 1977, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 46 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Taka means “silver coin” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Taka is a girl name.
Taka comes from the Japanese tradition.
Taka first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #4626 in 1977, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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