Masaichi
Masaichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Fukushi Masaichi , Japanese physician and pathologist Masaichi Kaneda , Japanese baseball player Masaichi Kondō , Japanese World War II flying ace Masaichi Nagata , Japanese film producer and baseball executive Masaichi Niimi , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
Meaning & Origin of Masaichi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Masaichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Fukushi Masaichi , Japanese physician and pathologist Masaichi Kaneda , Japanese baseball player Masaichi Kondō , Japanese World War II flying ace Masaichi Nagata , Japanese film producer and baseball executive Masaichi Niimi , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
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The Story of Masaichi
American parents first put Masaichi on the record books as a baby boy name in 1912, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 21 Masaichis were born — ranking #1,648 that year. About 49% of every Masaichi on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Masaichi last appeared in the published SSA data in 1933, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 159 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Masaichi
Masaichi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 159 births in the dataset. Masaichi's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,648. Use the chart and map above to compare Masaichi'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 .
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