Masaharu — boys' name
48 babies named Masaharu in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 boys have been named Masaharu since 1917, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1926.
- 48
- total births
- 1917–1926
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Masaharu was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Masaharu in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Masaharu
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Masaharu between 1917 and 1926, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Masaharu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Masaharu performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Masaharu shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Masaharu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Masaharu 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 48 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.
Masaharu at a glance
Last recorded 1926Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Masaharu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1917
- Peak year (1918)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1926.
48 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 7 births in a single year.
Masaharu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 30 births that decade — 63% of Masaharu's all-time total
Masaharu decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Masaharu's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Masaharu by state
Where Masaharu concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 12.5% |
6 of 48 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 12.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1926 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.