Masato
Boy · mah-SAH-toh · Japanese
Masato is a boys' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Masato mean?
Japanese: Japanese name, written with various kanji
A Japanese given name whose meaning depends on the characters used to write it.
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- mah-SAH-toh
Is Masato a girl's or a boy's name?
Masato is a boys' name.
How popular is Masato in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1924, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Masato in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Masato in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,205 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
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