Kotaro is a boy's name of Japanese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In England & Wales it was given to 4 boys in 2019.
Kotaro belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Kotaro first appears in Social Security records in 1919. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4502 in 1919, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 194 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Kotaro is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Japanese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Kotaro is a boy name. In England & Wales, 4 babies received the name in 2019.
Kotaro comes from the Japanese tradition.
Kotaro first appears in US records in 1919. Its best-ever ranking was #4502 in 1919, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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