Master
Boy · MAS-ter · English
Master is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “master, teacher”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Master mean?
English: English word master
“master, teacher”
From the English word, which goes back to Latin magister 'teacher, chief'.
- Say it
- MAS-ter
Is Master a girl's or a boy's name?
Master is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Master in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Master, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Master in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Master in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 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 | 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 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
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