| Tatsuya | Asahi | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | dragon | Morning sun |
| Origin | japanese | Japanese |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | tah-tsoo-yah | ah-SAH-hee |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 2005 |
| Peak year | 1994 (11) | 2023 (15) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 13 |
| Trend | Declining | Near its peak |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Tatsuya | Asahi |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 0 | 71 |
| 2010s | 0 | 45 |
| 2000s | 29 | 5 |
| 1990s | 63 | 0 |
| 1980s | 12 | 0 |
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 joins the kanji for “morning” and “sun.”
Asahi is more popular than Tatsuya today: about 13 US babies were given the name Asahi in 2025, compared with 0 named Tatsuya.
Tatsuya means dragon (japanese origin), while Asahi means Morning sun (Japanese origin).
In US records, Tatsuya first appears in 0 and Asahi in 2005, so Tatsuya has the longer recorded history.