Masaki
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-SAH-kee
- Origin
- Japanese
Masaki is a boys' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Masaki mean?
Japanese: Japanese name, written with various kanji
A Japanese given name whose meaning depends on the characters used to write it.
Is Masaki a girl's or a boy's name?
Masaki is a boys' name.
How popular is Masaki in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Masaki in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Masaki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
Names like Masaki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota Yuri Loki Muhammad Akari Mikko Rumi Sakai Minh Tru Yusuf Koji
More Japanese names
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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, “Masaki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/masaki, updated 20 October 2026.