Gender-neutral name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Makoto

mah-KOH-toh · 6 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Sincere; truth
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
truth · virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#—
2024 births8
Peak year1922
First appeared1915
Total US births541
1922 peak19151942197019972024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Mako
Alternate spellings
Makoto

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