Masanori — boys' name
60 babies named Masanori in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
60 boys have been named Masanori since 1916, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1930.
- 60
- total births
- 1916–1930
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Masanori was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Masanori in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Masanori
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Masanori between 1916 and 1930, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Masanori currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1930. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Masanori performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Masanori shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Masanori in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Masanori 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 60 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.
Masanori at a glance
Last recorded 1930Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Masanori popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1916
- Peak year (1923)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1930.
60 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 7 births in a single year.
Masanori by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 35 births that decade — 58% of Masanori's all-time total
Masanori decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Masanori's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Masanori by state
Where Masanori concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 21 | 35.0% |
21 of 60 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 35.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 35.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1916–1930 (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.