How Many People Are Named Yamato?
people named Yamato are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,670,194 people in the US has this name
Based on 129 babies named Yamato in Social Security records from 2000 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
11 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From YAMATO, an ancient name for Japan. It can also refer to the Yamato period in Japanese history, which lasted into the 8th century. The individual kanji are 大 meaning "great" and 和 meaning "harmony".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yamato in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yamato alive today is about 15 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yamato first appears in the records in 2000 and was given most often in 2007, to 11 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 2000 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Yamato has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #7,562, in 2007.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #7,562 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,484 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yamato alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yamato were born in California than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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