Satoshi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘Wise’; ‘quick-witted’; ‘clear [thinking]’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sɑˈtoʊʃi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Satoshi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 10th most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 465(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 408K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 82K
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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 187 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 465 (inferred from the name graph)
≈270,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘Wise’; ‘quick-witted’; ‘clear [thinking]’. Seiichi $ ‘Admonishing first [son]’; ‘pure first [son].
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Satoshi 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 | #10 | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 465 | — | Satoshi | 183 |
| CN China | — | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 194K | — | Satoshi | 18 |
| US United States | — | 815 | 1 in 408K | 808 | Satoshi | 187 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 459K | — | Satoshi | 27 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 182K | — | Satoshi | 15 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 82K | — | Satoshi | 19 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Satoshi | 14 |
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. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Satoshi Ōmurab. 1935JPJapanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher (born 1935)
- Satoshi Kuribayashib. 1939JPJapanese photographer
- Satoshi Sugitab. 1944JPEnglish teacher
- Satoshi Takebeb. 1957JPJapanese arranger, composer, and music producer (1957-)
- Satoshi Mitazonob. 1958JPJapanese journalist and the governor of Kagoshima Prefecture
- Satoshi Tsunamib. 1961JPJapanese association football player and manager
- Satoshi Konb. 1963JPJapanese anime director and manga artist (1963–2010)
- Satoshi Tajirib. 1965JPJapanese video game designer
- Satoshi Yamamotob. 1965JPManga artist
- Satoshi Urushiharab. 1966JPJapanese artist
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 808 | #14,468 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1924 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1915 | 10 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7 | #14,468 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 5 | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- Where does the name Satoshi come from?
- ‘Wise’; ‘quick-witted’; ‘clear [thinking]’. Seiichi $ ‘Admonishing first [son]’; ‘pure first [son]. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Satoshi?
- A machine transcription gives /sɑˈtoʊʃi/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- What does the name Satoshi mean?
- Recorded meaning: ‘Wise’; ‘quick-witted’; ‘clear [thinking]’.
- Is Satoshi a male or female name?
- Satoshi is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Satoshi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 270 thousand people named Satoshi in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled satoshi.
- How common is the name Satoshi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 815 people named Satoshi in 2020, about 1 in 408 thousand residents.
- How common is Satoshi compared with other names?
- In Japan, Satoshi is the 10th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/satoshiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Satoshi” — the 10th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.