Masaki — boys' name
257 babies named Masaki in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Masaki was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Masaki in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Masaki
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Masaki between 1919 and 2022, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Masaki currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Masaki performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Masaki shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Masaki in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Masaki 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 257 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.
Masaki at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Masaki popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1919
- Peak year (2006)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
257 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 11 births in a single year.
Masaki by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 66 births that decade — 26% of Masaki's all-time total
Masaki decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Masaki's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Masaki by state
Where Masaki concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 257 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% 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, 1919–2022 (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.