Masashi
Masashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Masashi Abe , Japanese skier Masashi Amenomori , Japanese actor Masashi Ando , Japanese animator and character designer Masashi Arikura , Japanese baseball player Masashi Asaki , Japanese manga artist Masashi Chikazawa , Japanese basketball player Masashi Daidōji , Japanese communist activist Masashi Date , Japanese…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Masashi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Masashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Masashi Abe , Japanese skier Masashi Amenomori , Japanese actor Masashi Ando , Japanese animator and character designer Masashi Arikura , Japanese baseball player Masashi Asaki , Japanese manga artist Masashi Chikazawa , Japanese basketball player Masashi Daidōji , Japanese communist activist Masashi Date , Japanese…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Masashi
The earliest SSA record of Masashi as a baby boy name dates back to 1913, when 5 babies received it. 1921 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Masashi — #2,376 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Masashis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1995 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 146 Masashis 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 Masashi
Masashi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 146 births in the dataset. Masashi's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #2,376. Use the chart and map above to compare Masashi'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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