Hitoshi

Peak · boys
1920 · 13 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
142
since 1915

Hitoshi over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hitoshi has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #2,336, 1920boys
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1933#3,6425
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1931#3,7635
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Hitoshi! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Hitoshi is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Hitoshi in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Hitoshi
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1933
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1920 at #2,336 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1922, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 81,874
  • Highest: 1 in 81,874 boys born in 1920 were named Hitoshi (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 198,305 boys born in 1933 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 65.5% of all boys named Hitoshi (93) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s32#2,665 (1919)#3,020
1920s93#2,336 (1920)#3,008
1930s17#3,289 (1930)#3,565

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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