Hiroshi
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1924 · 81 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,565since 1912
Hiroshi over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hiroshi has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #3,530 | 30 |
| 2011 | #3,235 | 34 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
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| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,044 | 43 |
| 1928 | #1,125 | 39 |
| 1927 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | #963 | 50 |
| 1925 | #746 | 77 |
| 1924 | #737 | 81 |
| 1923 | #803 | 69 |
| 1922 | #882 | 61 |
| 1921 | #790 | 73 |
| 1920 | #865 | 62 |
| 1919 | #1,024 | 44 |
| 1918 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #946 | 46 |
| 1916 | #952 | 45 |
| 1915 | #868 | 50 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Hiroshi! It came in at #1,619, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1942, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hiroshi
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,949 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #9,714)
- 3,418 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #9,714)
- 3,390 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 474 spots in 1915 (#1,342 → #868)
- Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1926 (#746 → #963)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1924 at #737 (81 births)
- Births halved by 1928, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1920–1927
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,984
- Highest: 1 in 13,984 boys born in 1924 were named Hiroshi (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 39.0% of all boys named Hiroshi (611) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 276 | #868 (1915) | #1,120 |
| 1920s | 611 | #737 (1924) | #887 |
| 1930s | 163 | #1,496 (1930) | #1,820 |
| 1940s | 32 | #2,732 (1943) | #3,037 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,231 (1967) | #3,615 |
| 1970s | 39 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,483 |
| 1980s | 58 | #3,731 (1987) | #5,424 |
| 1990s | 79 | #4,564 (1992) | #6,934 |
| 2000s | 45 | #7,427 (2006) | #9,011 |
| 2010s | 166 | #3,235 (2011) | #6,140 |
| 2020s | 65 | #5,666 (2023) | #7,660 |
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.
Hiroshi in 1915
boys
#868
50 births · 1 in 16,972 boys
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 16,972 of them was named Hiroshi, which outranked 80.2% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).