Masako is a girl's name of Japanese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. It is a rare choice in US records.
Masako belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Masako first appears in Social Security records in 1909. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #921 in 1913, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 821 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Masako is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Japanese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Masako is a girl name.
Masako comes from the Japanese tradition.
Masako first appears in US records in 1909. Its best-ever ranking was #921 in 1913, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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