Machi Popularity by Year
Follow Machi across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Machi birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Down 1,070 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 6 | #10,938 | Up 1,301 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 5 | #12,239 | Down 3,249 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 8 | #8,990 | Down 1,403 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 10 | #7,587 | Down 85 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 10 | #7,502 | Up 713 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 9 | #8,215 | Up 2,545 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 6 | #10,760 | Up 15 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Down 3,618 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 11 | #7,157 | Down 2,267 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 19 | #4,890 | Up 1,417 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 13 | #6,307 | Up 1,811 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 9 | #8,118 | Down 559 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 10 | #7,559 | Down 2,737 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 19 | #4,822 | Down 456 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 22 | #4,366 | Up 216 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 21 | #4,582 | Down 42 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 21 | #4,540 | Down 747 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 27 | #3,793 | Down 640 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 34 | #3,153 | Up 662 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 24 | #3,815 | Up 1,998 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 13 | #5,813 | Up 64 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 12 | #5,877 | Up 3,515 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Down 1,053 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Down 465 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 7 | #7,874 | — |