Shigeo

Peak · boys
1916 · 36 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
427
since 1912

Shigeo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Shigeo has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,072, 1916boys
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1936#3,1476
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1933#2,7388
1932#2,10113
1931#3,7635
1930#1,96415
1929#2,00215
1928#2,65910
1927#1,87118
1926#1,51524
1925#1,67921
1924#1,38029
1923#1,15738
1922#1,50325
1921#1,32931
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1919#1,75219
1918#1,82718
1917#1,39625
1916#1,07236
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1914#1,86812
1913#1,9459
1912#2,0457
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Shigeo! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1934–1935, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Shigeo is popular in 2025

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

See more about Shigeo
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1936
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1916 at #1,072 (36 births)
  • Births halved by 1918, 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 24,724
  • Highest: 1 in 24,724 boys born in 1916 were named Shigeo (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 172,868 boys born in 1936 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 55.5% of all boys named Shigeo (237) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s143#1,072 (1916)#1,702
1920s237#1,157 (1923)#1,655
1930s47#1,964 (1930)#2,743

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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