Names / Boy names
Yamato
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#7,566
in 2007
First recorded
2000
in U.S. data
Children named
129
since 2000
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #7,566 in 2007 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Yamato first shows up in American naming records in 2000, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 129 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.