Shigeru

Boy · recorded 1910–1938

  • 1938last recorded
  • 1917best year

Most popular in 1917.

Last recorded in 1938. 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 Shigeru.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1910

0204019101917192419311938

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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 29 recorded years as a table
Shigeru, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191031
191122
191230
191314
19149
191525
191631
191740
191839
191928
192038
192138
192229
192329
192427
192522
192634
192728
192824
192918
193015
193111
193212
193312
19346
19357
19368
19375
19385

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shigeru 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1938
5
Rank in 1938
#3,534
How rare
1 in 221,829 boys
Since 1910
591

Shigeru was last recorded in 1938. 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 1917, at 40 per million boys born.

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

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