Jethro

#952 for boys in 2025, 245 births

Peak · boys
#857
1899 · 7 births
Debut · boys
1893
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,325
since 1893

Jethro over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jethro has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #857, 1899boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#952245
2024#1,068204
2023#1,118189
2022#1,146181
2021#1,237155
2020#1,297139
2019#1,244151
2018#1,193159
2017#1,460116
2016#1,313137
2015#1,481112
2014#1,551103
2013#1,69587
2012#1,90975
2011#1,90573
2010#2,06965
2009#2,16862
2008#3,56130
2007#3,37932
2006#3,38431
2005#3,61526
2004#3,86023
2003#4,81516
2002#3,25927
2001#4,30218
2000#3,64022
1999#3,59121
1998#3,59720
1997#4,45114
1996#3,83017
1995#4,05215
1994#3,32620
1993#3,14121
1992#2,99922
1991#3,46217
1990#3,46717
1989#3,44616
1988#2,76520
1987#3,07216
1986#2,29024
1985#2,71018
1984#3,45912
1983#2,40820
1982#3,48212
1981#2,33821
1980#2,44420
1979#2,46519
1978#2,47318
1977#2,45818
1976#2,32919
1975#2,90213
1974#1,93423
1973#2,60614
1972#2,24317
1971#2,55814
1970#2,39915
1969#2,68211
1968#2,9079
1967#2,9858
1966#2,9868
1965#2,47611
1964#2,8549
1963#2,8589
1962#1,89618
1961#2,40912
1960#2,42312
1959#2,29513
1958#1,51127
1957#1,51127
1956#1,64223
1955#1,64622
1954#1,52525
1953#1,42728
1952#1,54724
1951#1,48925
1950#1,43426
1949#1,22734
1948#1,43026
1947#1,85017
1946#2,6908
1945#1,44521
1944#1,52520
1943#1,57720
1942#1,49622
1941#1,53220
1940#1,51920
1939#1,71216
1938#2,18511
1937#1,82815
1936#1,58718
1935#1,49421
1934#1,35725
1933#1,45622
1932#1,50922
1931#1,42724
1930#1,64420
1929#2,00215
1928#1,70720
1927#1,40728
1926#1,19236
1925#1,33230
1924#1,26333
1923#1,04146
1922#1,59123
1921#1,26733
1920#1,27332
1919#1,15936
1918#1,40426
1917#1,20332
1916#1,59420
1915#1,55320
1914#1,12726
1913#91429
1912#1,09518
1911#98212
1910#1,04510
1909#1,4405
1908#1,3735
1907#1,2006
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1904#1,2055
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1900#1,0507
1899#8577
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1893#1,0355
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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.

See more about Jethro
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 116 spots since 2024 (#1,068 → #952)
  • 345 spots since 2020 (#1,297 → #952)
  • 529 spots since 2015 (#1,481 → #952)
  • Biggest jump: 181 spots in 1913 (#1,095 → #914)
  • Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1914 (#914 → #1,127)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#857 (1899)#946
1900s28#1,050 (1900)#1,254
1910s229#914 (1913)#1,208
1920s296#1,041 (1923)#1,408
1930s194#1,357 (1934)#1,620
1940s208#1,227 (1949)#1,629
1950s240#1,427 (1953)#1,603
1960s107#1,896 (1962)#2,648
1970s170#1,934 (1974)#2,437
1980s179#2,290 (1986)#2,841
1990s184#2,999 (1992)#3,592
2000s287#2,168 (2009)#3,598
2010s1,078#1,193 (2018)#1,582
2020s1,113#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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