Masaki
Masaki is a Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Masaki Aiba , Japanese singer, actor, television personality, radio host and dancer Masaki Batoh , Japanese member of the band Ghost Masaki Chugo , Japanese professional football manager and former player Masaki Doi , Japanese politician Masaki Ejima , Japanese pole vaulter Masaki Eto , Japanese sport wrestler Masaki Fujihata…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Masaki
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Masaki is a Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Masaki Aiba , Japanese singer, actor, television personality, radio host and dancer Masaki Batoh , Japanese member of the band Ghost Masaki Chugo , Japanese professional football manager and former player Masaki Doi , Japanese politician Masaki Ejima , Japanese pole vaulter Masaki Eto , Japanese sport wrestler Masaki Fujihata…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Masaki
American parents first put Masaki on the record books as a baby boy name in 1919, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 11 Masakis were born — ranking #6,903 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 26% of all recorded Masakis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2022 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 257 Masakis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Masaki
Masaki is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 257 births in the dataset. Masaki's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #6,903. Use the chart and map above to compare Masaki'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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