Shigeo

Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,147

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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #1,072, 1916boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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
1920#1,45726
1919#1,75219
1918#1,82718
1917#1,39625
1916#1,07236
1915#1,70717
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.

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.

Shigeo in 1916

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#1,072
36 births · 1 in 24,724 boys

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #1,072Shigeo36
More about 1916

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 24,724 of them was named Shigeo, which outranked 76.4% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shigeo
  1. #1,058Sim37
  2. #1,058Washington37
  3. #1,058Zack37
  4. #1,072Shigeo36
  5. #1,072Alec36
  6. #1,072Bryce36
  7. #1,072Clell36
  8. #1,096Alcide35
  9. #1,096Anna35
  10. #1,096Boris35

Tied with 23 names at #1,072; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 2,568Tatsuo#3,392#824
  2. 1,088Hughes#1,878#790
  3. 410Angel#1,181#771
  4. 378Trinidad#1,181#803
  5. 354Rolla#1,306#952
Fallers
  1. 500Nicolas#804#1,304
  2. 468Collins#906#1,374
  3. 463Hilliard#952#1,415
  4. 383Arvo#952#1,335
  5. 363Rayford#941#1,304

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

See the top 100 for 1916