Yamato
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
Yamato is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “mountains”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yamato mean?
Japanese
“mountains”
A male given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yamato a girl's or a boy's name?
Yamato is a boys' name.
How popular is Yamato in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Yamato in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yamato in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
Names like Yamato
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenzo, Kairo, Hiro, Thiago, Yusuf, Akari, Yeshua, Tru, Muhammad, Kaito, Akio, Yahir
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen
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, “Yamato: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yamato, updated 20 October 2026.