Masaru
Masaru is a masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Masaru
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Masaru is a masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Masaru
American parents first put Masaru on the record books as a baby boy name in 1912, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1917, when 31 Masarus were born — ranking #1,222 that year. About 55% of every Masaru on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Masaru last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 447 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Masaru
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Masaru Akiba (勝), a Japanese football player
- Masaru Emoto (勝), a Japanese author
- Masaru Furukawa (勝), a Japanese swimmer and olympic champion
- Masaru Fuse ( 布施 勝 ; born 1969) , Japanese equestrian
- Gagamaru Masaru (勝), a Georgian sumo wrestler
- Masaru Hamaguchi (優), Japanese comedian
- Masaru Hayami (優), the 28th Governor of the Bank of Japan
- Masaru Ibuka (大), a Japanese electronics industrialist
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Names that sound like Masaru
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About the name Masaru
Masaru is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 447 births in the dataset. Masaru's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #1,222. Use the chart and map above to compare Masaru'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.