Masao
Masao is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Masao Abe , Japanese philosopher and writer Masao Adachi , Japanese screenwriter and film director Masao Akamatsu , Japanese politician Masao Akashi , Japanese musical arranger Amatsukaze Masao , Japanese sumo wrestler Masao Arai , Japanese sport wrestler Masao Azuma , Japanese motorcycle racer Baba Masao , Japanese…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Masao
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Masao is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Masao Abe , Japanese philosopher and writer Masao Adachi , Japanese screenwriter and film director Masao Akamatsu , Japanese politician Masao Akashi , Japanese musical arranger Amatsukaze Masao , Japanese sumo wrestler Masao Arai , Japanese sport wrestler Masao Azuma , Japanese motorcycle racer Baba Masao , Japanese…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Masao
The earliest SSA record of Masao as a baby boy name dates back to 1907, when 5 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 81 newborns named Masao — #700 in the national rankings. About 44% of every Masao on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Masao last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Masao
Masao is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Masao's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #700. Use the chart and map above to compare Masao'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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