Masaya is a boy's name of Japanese origin meaning “close to the water.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Masaya belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “close to the water” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Masaya first appears in Social Security records in 1997. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #8144 in 1998, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 22 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Masaya means “close to the water” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Masaya is a boy name.
Masaya comes from the Japanese tradition.
Masaya first appears in US records in 1997. Its best-ever ranking was #8144 in 1998, 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. 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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