Misato
Misato is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Misato Aratama , Japanese badminton player Misato Fukuen , Japanese voice actress Misato Komatsubara , Japanese ice dancer Misato Matsuoka , Japanese voice actress Misato Michishita , Japanese Paralympic athlete Misato Nakamura , Japanese judoka Misato Tanaka , Japanese actress Misato Ugaki , Japanese announcer Misato…
Meaning & Origin of Misato
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Misato is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Misato Aratama , Japanese badminton player Misato Fukuen , Japanese voice actress Misato Komatsubara , Japanese ice dancer Misato Matsuoka , Japanese voice actress Misato Michishita , Japanese Paralympic athlete Misato Nakamura , Japanese judoka Misato Tanaka , Japanese actress Misato Ugaki , Japanese announcer Misato…
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The Story of Misato
Misato first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1986, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 7 births, good for #10,836 nationwide. About 60% of every Misato on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Misato last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Misato
Misato is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Misato's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #10,836. Use the chart and map above to compare Misato'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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