Taira

Where Taira comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 平 (Taira) or Japanese 平良 (Taira).
— Wiktionary's entry for Taira
  • Japanese
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1965
    First appearance
    #6,539 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Peak, #2,419
    45 babies named Taira — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,870.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Japanese.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.