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Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Masato

MAH-sah-toh · 6 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Righteous person
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
modern
Themes
virtue · modern
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Popularity over time

2020 rank#13360
2020 births5
Peak year1924
First appeared1912
Total US births462
1924 peak19121939196619932020
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Masa
Alternate spellings
Masato

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