Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Masaya 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 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masaya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 7 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 boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 81,467 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Masaya’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Masaya is a Roman-alphabet rendering of まさや. In Japanese usage, Masaya is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 匡哉. In Japanese usage, Masaya is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 将也.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Masaya
- Masaya OkugawaJapanese association football playerborn 1996
- Masaya NishitaniJapanese association football playerborn 1978
- Masaya HondaJapanese association football playerborn 1973
- Masaya MatsumotoJapanese association football playerborn 1995
- Masaya YumaJapanese association football player (1993-)
- Masaya SatoJapanese association football playerborn 1990
- Masaya SuzukiJapanese association football playerborn 1988
- Masaya JitozonoJapanese association football playerborn 1989
- Masaya NozakiJapanese association football playerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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