| Asahi | Tatsuya | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Morning sun | dragon |
| Origin | Japanese | japanese |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | ah-SAH-hee | tah-tsoo-yah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 2005 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2023 (15) | 1994 (11) |
| In 2025 | 13 | 0 |
| Trend | Near its peak | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Asahi | Tatsuya |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 71 | 0 |
| 2010s | 45 | 0 |
| 2000s | 5 | 29 |
| 1990s | 0 | 63 |
| 1980s | 0 | 12 |
Asahi joins the kanji for “morning” and “sun.”
Japanese given name that is dragon-meaning only in the kanji spellings that use the dragon elements, e.g. 竜也 (tatsu 'dragon' + ya) or 辰也 (辰 'dragon' of the zodiac + ya). Hedge: the reading is kanji-dependent and other spellings carry unrelated senses such as 達也 'accomplished/far-reaching', so the dragon meaning holds only for the 竜/辰 writings.
Asahi is more popular than Tatsuya today: about 13 US babies were given the name Asahi in 2025, compared with 0 named Tatsuya.
Asahi means Morning sun (Japanese origin), while Tatsuya means dragon (japanese origin).
In US records, Asahi first appears in 2005 and Tatsuya in 0, so Tatsuya has the longer recorded history.