Mitsuo
Meaning
man of light
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mitsuo has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
383 people · the #16,080 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 70
Among people named Mitsuo living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Mitsuo
Most people given the name Mitsuo in the United States were born between 1920 and 1939. The Mitsuo you meet today is most often in his 80s or 90s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Mitsuo deep dive
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