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Masato

Quick answerundifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (まさと)

Japanese · Boy · 3 syllables

M
Rare

Popularity & facts

Relative popularity index, 2010–2025
GenderBoy
US Rank#13,366
TrendFalling ↓
Peak year1924
Syllables3
OriginJapanese
LanguageJapanese
CultureJapanese
Letters6
Numerology6 Chaldean 2
Global rank#27

Popularity over time

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Historical popularity from 1880–2025 · US Social Security Administration data

About the name Masato

undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (まさと)

Cross-referenced with Wikidata/Wikipedia.

Etymology

Masato is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Masato (kickboxer), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008
Masato Amada, Japanese voice actor
Masato Furuoya , Japanese actor
Masato Hagiwara, Japanese actor
Masato Harada, Japanese film director and actor
Masato Hatanaka, Japanese musician
Masato Hayakawa, Japanese singer and musician
Masato Ichishiki, author of the SD Gundam comics
Masato Ishioka , Japanese film director and screenwriter
Masato Jinbo , Japanese anime director and screenwriter
Masato Kato , Japanese game developer and scenario writer
Masato Kawabata, professional drifting driver
Masato Kitera, Japanese diplomat
Masato Kurogi, Japanese football player for Cerezo Osaka
Masato Mihara , Japanese judoka
Masato Morishige, Japanese football player for F.C. Tokyo
Masato Nakamura, member of the band Dreams Come True
Masato Nakamura (baseball) , Japanese baseball player
Masato Nagai a Japanese anime singer
Masato Osugi , Japanese footballer
Masato Saito , Japanese footballer
Masato Sakai, Japanese actor
Masato Tachibana , Japanese weightlifter
Masato Takaki , Japanese sailor
Masato Watanabe , Japanese baseball player
Masato Yokoyama, perpetrator of the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
Masato Yoshii, Japanese professional baseball player

Masato currently ranks #13,366 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1924.

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