A list of the top ten most popular baby names in Japan for the past year.

Common male names japan. Top 100 names from around the world Penpal Statistics Students of the World. Akito アキト Bright person.

Therere a lot of bold auspicious imagery at play in the boys list with numerous mentions of flying high in the sky and allusions to physical strength. Pick the one you like the most.

The beautiful night rain. Contrast this with popular suffixes for girls which include ko child mi beauty and ka fragrant. Kenta healthy and strong 健太.

One slight problem with the name れい is the LR rule which makes its pronunciation a little different to the hard R-sound of the name Ray. Shota soaring strongly 翔太.

Japanese name meaning elevated. Japanese name meaning 1 hero prince or 2 mountain prince. Cute Japanese Names for Boys Modern first names in modern Japan include Japanese boy names meaning fire names that connote whether they are the first second or third born like Ichiro meaning the firstborn son or Jiro meaning the second-born son.

Who is like autumn season. The three most common family names in Japan are Satō 佐藤 Suzuki 鈴木 and Takahashi 高橋. The Edo period ran from 1603 to 1868 and was the period when Japan was under the rule of 300 Daimyo who in turn were under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.