Naoto — boys' name
49 babies named Naoto in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Naoto was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Naoto in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naoto
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Naoto between 1994 and 2012, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naoto currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naoto performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Naoto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naoto 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 49 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.
Naoto at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naoto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
49 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 7 births in a single year.
Naoto by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 45% of Naoto's all-time total
Naoto decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Naoto's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1994–2012 (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.