Makoto
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-KOH-toh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Makoto is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “sincerity, truth”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Makoto mean?
Japanese
“sincerity, truth”
Usually written with the kanji for sincerity; mainly a boys' name in Japan but also given to girls.
Is Makoto a girl's or a boy's name?
Makoto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makoto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Makoto, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1922, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Makoto in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makoto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Makoto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Makoto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makoto, updated 20 October 2026.