Masuo — boys' name
35 babies named Masuo in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
35 boys have been named Masuo since 1917, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1927.
- 35
- total births
- 1917–1927
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 83%
- born in that decade
83% of everyone ever named Masuo was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Masuo in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Masuo
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Masuo between 1917 and 1927, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Masuo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Masuo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Masuo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Masuo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Masuo 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 35 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.
Masuo at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Masuo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1917
- Peak year (1920)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
35 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 11 births in a single year.
Masuo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 29 births that decade — 83% of Masuo's all-time total
Masuo decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Masuo's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% of all-time use.
Masuo by state
Where Masuo concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 13 | 37.1% |
13 of 35 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 37.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 37.1% 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, 1917–1927 (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.