Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Masae isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 137
- 0 boys · 137 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 355 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Masae’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Masae is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 雅恵. In Japanese usage, Masae is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 雅美.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Masae
- Masae SuzukiJapanese association football playerborn 1957
- Masae UenoJapanese judokaborn 1979
- Masae KasaiJapanese volleyball player (1933–2013)
- Masae ŌtaniJapanese singerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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