Wataru Popularity by Year
Follow Wataru across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Wataru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | Down 1,424 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 6 | #10,662 | Up 232 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 227 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 1,963 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 6 | #8,704 | Up 927 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 5 | #9,631 | Down 1,521 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 6 | #8,110 | Down 974 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Down 168 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Up 1,467 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 5 | #8,435 | Down 1,164 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Down 1,448 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 8 | #5,823 | Down 208 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 8 | #5,615 | Down 1,852 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 5 | #3,763 | Down 920 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 9 | #2,843 | Up 1,354 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | Down 1,751 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 12 | #2,446 | Up 1,861 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 5 | #4,307 | Up 15 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 5 | #4,322 | Down 2,259 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 15 | #2,063 | Up 1,019 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 7 | #3,082 | — |