Mamoru

Popularity Trends

The name Mamoru is the #7,557 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 182 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,404 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 182 births since 1915.

Mamoru first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for boys in 1915). Birth data for Mamoru is available in 19 out of the 23 years between 1915 and 1937. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Mamoru reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #540) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1937.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mamoru".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

182

Peak Births

Peak Year

1926

First Recorded

1915

Peak Percentile

2.0%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#540

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mamoru", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Mamoru.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Mamoru's popularity from 1912 to 1940 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Mamoru at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Mamoru range from Nobuko at 93.2% correlation to Hiroshi at 88.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 90.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Hiroshi with 1.5K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Mitsuru with 176 births (97% boys).

Mamoru's share of births peaked at 14 births per million for boys in 1926. It reached its lowest point of 4.6 births per million (33% of peak) in 1937. In 1937, the most recent period with data, the name Mamoru had 4.6 births per million, 33% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Nobuko

371

93.25% (very strong)

Hideko

338

91.46% (very strong)

Yoshie

395

90.62% (very strong)

Yaeko

439

90.61% (very strong)

Tsutomu

352

90.21% (very strong)

Sadako

349

90.20% (very strong)

Mitsuru

176

89.82% (very strong)

Susumu

351

89.73% (very strong)

Isao

246

89.26% (very strong)

Saburo

253

89.26% (very strong)

Yasuko

294

89.21% (very strong)

Hiroshi

1,548

88.89% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Mamoru

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Mamoru. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 33.3% confident that Mamoru is pronounced as mah-MAW-rue, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-MOH-rue, at 23.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

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mah-MAW-rue (3 syllables)

33.3% confidence

M AA0 M AO1 R UW0

muh-MOH-rue (3 syllables)

23.3% confidence

M AH0 M OW1 R UW0

muh-MAW-rue (3 syllables)

20.0% confidence

M AH0 M AO1 R UW0

MAH-mer-ue (3 syllables)

10.0% confidence

M AA1 M ER0 UW0

mah-MER-ue (3 syllables)

6.7% confidence

M AA0 M ER1 UW0

mah-MOH-rue (3 syllables)

6.7% confidence

M AA0 M OW1 R UW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Mamoru? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Mamoru. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Mamoru, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AA0 M AO1 R UW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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