Shigeo

Boy · recorded 1912–1936

  • 1936last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 1936. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shigeo.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0204019121918192419301936

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 23 recorded years as a table
Shigeo, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191216
191318
191418
191520
191640
191727
191818
191919
192024
192128
192223
192335
192426
192519
192622
192716
19289
192914
193014
19315
193212
19338
19366

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shigeo isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1936
6
Rank in 1936
#3,147
How rare
1 in 172,867 boys
Since 1912
427

Shigeo was last recorded in 1936. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 40 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shigeo doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.