How Many People Are Named Makoto?
people named Makoto are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 856,603 people in the US has this name
Based on 553 babies named Makoto in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 誠 (makoto) meaning "sincerity", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Makoto in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Makoto alive today is about 23 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Makoto first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1922, to 17 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Makoto has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,001, in 1922. In 2025 it ranked #7,486.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,486 |
| Best rank | #2,001 (1922) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,307 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Makoto alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Makoto were born in California than in any other state: about 36 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Makoto was given 182.1 times as often in Hawaii and 7.3 times in California.
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