Wataru — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wataru

The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Wataru between 1915 and 2015, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wataru currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wataru performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Wataru shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Wataru in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wataru 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 142 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.