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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Masato.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 43 recorded years as a table

Masato, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1912	26
1913	35
1914	23
1915	9
1916	26
1917	25
1918	18
1919	24
1920	17
1921	13
1922	13
1923	16
1924	22
1925	15
1926	12
1927	9
1928	5
1930	10
1932	6
1934	9
1936	5
1984	3
1990	3
1991	3
1993	4
1994	3
1996	3
1997	4
2002	5
2003	5
2005	3
2006	3
2007	3
2008	4
2009	3
2011	4
2012	4
2013	4
2014	5
2015	5
2016	3
2018	6
2020	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Masato isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020: 5
Rank in 2020: #12,022
How rare: 1 in 345,215 boys
Since 1912: 462

Masato was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1913, at 35 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Masato doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.