Jethro
- #952 for boys in 2025, 245 births
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,325since 1893
Jethro over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jethro has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #952 | 245 |
| 2024 | #1,068 | 204 |
| 2023 | #1,118 | 189 |
| 2022 | #1,146 | 181 |
| 2021 | #1,237 | 155 |
| 2020 | #1,297 | 139 |
| 2019 | #1,244 | 151 |
| 2018 | #1,193 | 159 |
| 2017 | #1,460 | 116 |
| 2016 | #1,313 | 137 |
| 2015 | #1,481 | 112 |
| 2014 | #1,551 | 103 |
| 2013 | #1,695 | 87 |
| 2012 | #1,909 | 75 |
| 2011 | #1,905 | 73 |
| 2010 | #2,069 | 65 |
| 2009 | #2,168 | 62 |
| 2008 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #3,384 | 31 |
| 2005 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #3,259 | 27 |
| 2001 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #1,934 | 23 |
| 1973 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #1,646 | 22 |
| 1954 | #1,525 | 25 |
| 1953 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #1,445 | 21 |
| 1944 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,357 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1924 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,041 | 46 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,273 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,159 | 36 |
| 1918 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #914 | 29 |
| 1912 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1893
The first year at least five boys were named Jethro! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jethro is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Kansas#386 · 1 in 1,561
- Minnesota#477 · 1 in 2,227
- Pennsylvania#546 · 1 in 3,074
- Wisconsin#570 · 1 in 2,929
- Colorado#680 · 1 in 3,836
Best ever in a state: #188 in North Carolina, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #386 | 9 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Minnesota | #477 | 11 | 1 in 2,227 |
| Pennsylvania | #546 | 17 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 8 | 1 in 2,929 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Washington | #684 | 9 | 1 in 3,644 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Michigan | #715 | 10 | 1 in 4,019 |
| Tennessee | #777 | 8 | 1 in 4,596 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Indiana | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,277 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Texas | #953 | 25 | 1 in 7,002 |
| Florida | #1,009 | 13 | 1 in 7,349 |
| California | #1,040 | 20 | 1 in 8,774 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| New York | #1,576 | 6 | 1 in 14,070 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jethro
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 345 spots since 2020 (#1,297 → #952)
- Biggest jump: 181 spots in 1913
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1914
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1899 at #857 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1899–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,972
- Highest: 1 in 6,972 boys born in 2025 were named Jethro (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #857 in 1899, was only 1 in 15,173 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 25.7% of all boys named Jethro (1,113) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #857 (1899) | #946 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,254 |
| 1910s | 229 | #914 (1913) | #1,208 |
| 1920s | 296 | #1,041 (1923) | #1,408 |
| 1930s | 194 | #1,357 (1934) | #1,620 |
| 1940s | 208 | #1,227 (1949) | #1,629 |
| 1950s | 240 | #1,427 (1953) | #1,603 |
| 1960s | 107 | #1,896 (1962) | #2,648 |
| 1970s | 170 | #1,934 (1974) | #2,437 |
| 1980s | 179 | #2,290 (1986) | #2,841 |
| 1990s | 184 | #2,999 (1992) | #3,592 |
| 2000s | 287 | #2,168 (2009) | #3,598 |
| 2010s | 1,078 | #1,193 (2018) | #1,582 |
| 2020s | 1,113 | #952 (2025) | #1,136 |
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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