Shigeru

Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,534

Peak · boys
1918 · 40 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
591
since 1910

Shigeru over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #1,079, 1918boys
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1938#3,5345
1937#3,5185
1936#2,6298
1935#2,9517
1934#3,2776
1933#2,09312
1932#2,10113
1931#2,32811
1930#1,82117
1929#1,73119
1928#1,41327
1927#1,32231
1926#1,16138
1925#1,49325
1924#1,32931
1923#1,27532
1922#1,28232
1921#1,08642
1920#1,11940
1919#1,38627
1918#1,07940
1917#1,09237
1916#1,26528
1915#1,50521
1914#2,9156
1913#2,2737
1912#1,35313
1911#1,7405
1910#1,4216
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Shigeru! It came in at #1,421, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1937–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Shigeru is popular in 1910

No state had 5 or more boys named Shigeru in 1910, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shigeru
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1938
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1918 at #1,079 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 11 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 25,013
  • Highest: 1 in 25,013 boys born in 1917 were named Shigeru (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 221,829 boys born in 1938 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,079 in 1918, was only 1 in 25,337 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 53.6% of all boys named Shigeru (317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s190#1,079 (1918)#1,603
1920s317#1,086 (1921)#1,321
1930s84#1,821 (1930)#2,695

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.

Shigeru in 1910

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#1,421
6 births · 1 in 32,368 boys

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #1,421Shigeru6
More about 1910

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 32,368 of them was named Shigeru, which outranked 22.7% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shigeru
  1. #1,314Young7
  2. #1,314Zeb7
  3. #1,314Zollie7
  4. #1,421Shigeru6
  5. #1,421Adell6
  6. #1,421Afton6
  7. #1,421Agustin6
  8. #1,589Adelard5
  9. #1,589Aime5
  10. #1,589Albino5

Tied with 167 names at #1,421; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910 →