Yamato — boys' name

What the Data Says About Yamato

The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Yamato between 2000 and 2022, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yamato currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yamato performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yamato shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yamato in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yamato 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 129 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.