Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Wataru 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wataru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 142 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 15 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 250 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.
Wataru’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Wataru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亘. In Japanese usage, Wataru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 弥. In Japanese usage, Wataru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 渉.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Wataru
- Wataru EndoJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Wataru HashimotoJapanese association football playerborn 1986
- Wataru YamazakiJapanese association football playerborn 1980
- Wataru TakagiJapanese actor and voice actorborn 1966
- Wataru InoueJapanese association football playerborn 1986
- Wataru TanakaJapanese association football playerborn 2000
- Wataru TakeshitaJapanese politician (1946-2021)
- Wat MisakaAmerican basketball player (1923–2019)
- Wataru KuboJapanese politician (1929–2003)
Characters named Wataru: Wataru Takagi (Case Closed).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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