Masako

Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442

Peak · girls
1913 · 34 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
821
since 1909

Masako over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Masako has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #913, 1913girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1943#4,6915
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1937#2,9409
1936#3,3767
1935#2,43912
1934#1,91317
1933#2,27513
1932#2,83110
1931#2,20514
1930#1,49927
1929#1,44728
1928#1,68024
1927#1,30337
1926#1,44931
1925#1,50430
1924#1,27939
1923#1,24539
1922#1,03053
1921#96958
1920#1,08747
1919#95455
1918#1,12643
1917#1,30731
1916#1,18936
1915#1,17334
1914#1,02334
1913#91334
1912#1,25218
1911#1,7928
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Masako! It came in at #1,957, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1910, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Masako
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
  • Biggest jump: 339 spots in 1913 (#1,252#913)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1920 (#954#1,087)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1913 at #913 (34 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1913–1921
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,369
  • Highest: 1 in 18,369 girls born in 1913 were named Masako (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 47.0% of all girls named Masako (386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,957 (1909)#1,957
1910s293#913 (1913)#1,192
1920s386#969 (1921)#1,299
1930s109#1,499 (1930)#2,435
1940s10#4,349 (1940)#4,520
1950s0
1960s0
1970s12#7,296 (1976)#7,810
1980s0
1990s5#13,442 (1993)#13,442

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Masako in 1922

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#1,030
53 births · 1 in 22,660 girls

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #1,030Masako53
More about 1922

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1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 22,660 of them was named Masako, which outranked 82.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Masako
  1. #1,022Merry54
  2. #1,022Vallie54
  3. #1,022Vonda54
  4. #1,030Masako53
  5. #1,030Albert53
  6. #1,030Alline53
  7. #1,030Annis53
  8. #1,044Aldona52
  9. #1,044Alease52
  10. #1,044Domenica52

Tied with 13 names at #1,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1922