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Japanese name popularity
According to Issendai's lair... I am curious about the source of their lists... Many seem popular, but a few of them seem really rare to me.Most popular Japanese boys' names for 1994-2003Daichi
Daiki
Daisuke
Jun
Kaito
Kazuki
Kazuya
Kenta
Kouhei
Naoki
Naoto
Ren
Riku
Ryouta
Ryuu
Shou
Shouhei
Shouta
Souta
Takahiro
Takumi
Takuya
Tatsuya
Tsubasa
Yuu
Yuudai
Yuuta
YuutoGirls' names from same time frame:
Ai
Akane
Ami
Aoi
Asuka
Aya
Ayaka
Ayano
Chihiro
Chinatsu
Haruka
Hina
Kaeda
Kana
Kotone
Mai
Manami
Mayu
Miho
Miki
Misaki
Miu
Miyu
Mizuki
Moe
Momoko
Nana
Nanako
Nanami
Natsuki
Natsumi
Reina
Riko
Rin
Rina
Saika
Saki
Sakura
Shiori
Yui
Yuuka Here's a site with specifically 2005 details on it: http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa022206a.htm
I'm wondering about this person's sources on some of the kanji readings though... and which readings he lists as most common...
However, I'm willing to concede that Japanese naming and kanji trends have gotten weirder in recent years.So much garbage on the web it's hard to find what I'm looking for sometimes.

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Japanese name popularity  ·  abbasdaughter  ·  8/25/2011, 5:24 AM
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