Makoto
Makoto is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Makoto
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Makoto is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Makoto
The earliest SSA record of Makoto as a baby boy name dates back to 1915, when 5 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Makoto — #1,952 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Makoto on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Makoto last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 541 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Makoto
Makoto is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 541 births in the dataset. Makoto's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #1,952. Use the chart and map above to compare Makoto's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.