Masato
- Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 462since 1912
Masato over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Masato has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
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| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
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| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
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| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
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| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Masato! It came in at #1,527, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1929, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Masato is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Masato in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1913 at #1,205 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1915, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,476
- Highest: 1 in 28,476 boys born in 1913 were named Masato (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 30.3% of all boys named Masato (140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 140 | #1,205 (1913) | #1,677 |
| 1920s | 133 | #1,532 (1924) | #2,328 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,444 (1930) | #2,979 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,315 (1984) | #6,315 |
| 1990s | 39 | #6,228 (1993) | #7,376 |
| 2000s | 53 | #6,522 (2002) | #9,236 |
| 2010s | 56 | #7,491 (2015) | #9,074 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,022 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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