Girls' name · since 1986
Misato
40 babies named Misato in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 40
- total births
- 1986–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
Misato sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 40 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Misato has been recorded 40 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2002.
- 40 total births
- 1986–2002 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Misato's 40 recorded births place it above 48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Misato's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Misato's full recorded timeline at 1995, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Misato popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2002
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Misato by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Misato's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Misato births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 24 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Misato's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 2000s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Misato: Baby Name Since 1986 - 40 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/misato. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Misato draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.