| Sora | Tatsuo | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Sky | dragon man |
| Origin | Japanese | japanese |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | SOH-rah | tah-tsoo-oh |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 2004 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2022 (77) | 1916 (57) |
| In 2025 | 63 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Sora | Tatsuo |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 342 | 0 |
| 2010s | 258 | 0 |
| 2000s | 63 | 0 |
| 1940s | 0 | 6 |
| 1930s | 0 | 7 |
| 1920s | 0 | 112 |
| 1910s | 0 | 97 |
Sora means “sky” in Japanese.
Japanese given name read as 'dragon man' when written with a dragon element plus 'o/man', e.g. 竜雄 / 龍男 (竜/龍 'dragon' + o 'man/hero'). Hedge: strongly kanji-dependent; some spellings use 達 'attain' or other elements with no dragon sense, so only the 竜/龍/辰 writings genuinely mean dragon.
Sora is more popular than Tatsuo today: about 63 US babies were given the name Sora in 2025, compared with 0 named Tatsuo.
Sora means Sky (Japanese origin), while Tatsuo means dragon man (japanese origin).
In US records, Sora first appears in 2004 and Tatsuo in 0, so Tatsuo has the longer recorded history.