Masaki
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Masaki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 52nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: variously written, mostly with the characters for ‘correct’ and ‘tree’.
- JPJapan≈1 in 665(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 579K
- EEEstonia≈1 in 70K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 165 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 665 (inferred from the name graph)
≈190,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
variously written, mostly with the characters for ‘correct’ and ‘tree’. It is not very common, and different famihes bearing this name are descended from the Taira, northern Fujiwara, and Minamoto clans.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Masaki counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #52 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 665 | listed | Masaki | 164 |
| CN China | — | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Masaki | 23 |
| US United States | — | 575 | 1 in 579K | 547 | Masaki | 165 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 234K | 1 | — | — |
| CA Canada | — | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 485K | — | Masaki | 24 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 97K | — | Masaki | 11 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Masaki | 20 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 70K | listed | — | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Masaki is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
‘Elegant tree’, ‘correct record’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In fud, be sick; patient, sick person; sickness, illness, disease
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mnv, sickness; sick person, patient; to be sick
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In poz-pol-pro, sick, painful
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In llp, sick
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Masaki Kobayashib. 1916JPJapanese film director (1916–1996)
- Masaki Kashiwarab. 1947JPJapanese mathematician born 1947
- Masaki Kandab. 1950JPJapanese actor (1950-)
- Masaki Terasomab. 1962JPJapanese voice actor
- Masaki Saitob. 1965JPJapanese Professional Baseball pitcher
- Masaki Tsukanob. 1970JPJapanese footballer and manager
- Masaki Sumitanib. 1975JPJapanese comedian, professional wrestler and tarento
- Masaki Tachibanab. 1976JPJapanese anime director (1976-)
- Masaki Sudab. 1993JPJapanese actor and singer (born 1993)
- Masaki Satōb. 1999JPJapanese singer, dancer and actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 35 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 547 | #18,671 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 28 | #18,671 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1997 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2001 | 8 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Masaki mean, and where does it come from?
- variously written, mostly with the characters for ‘correct’ and ‘tree’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- Is Masaki a male or female name?
- Masaki is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Masaki have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 189 thousand people named Masaki in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled masaki.
- How common is the name Masaki?
- In the United States, the national register counted 575 people named Masaki in 2020, about 1 in 579 thousand residents.
- How common is Masaki compared with other names?
- In Japan, Masaki is the 52nd most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Masaki” — the 52nd most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.