Makoto — #9042 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Makoto

The Social Security Administration has registered 541 babies named Makoto between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Makoto currently holds the #9042 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makoto performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Makoto shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Makoto in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makoto in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 541 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.