Hitoshi — boys' name
142 babies named Hitoshi in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Hitoshi was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Hitoshi in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hitoshi
The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Hitoshi between 1915 and 1933, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hitoshi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1933. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hitoshi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hitoshi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Hitoshi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hitoshi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 142 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hitoshi at a glance
Last recorded 1933Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hitoshi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1915
- Peak year (1920)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1933.
142 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 13 births in a single year.
Hitoshi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 93 births that decade — 65% of Hitoshi's all-time total
Hitoshi decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Hitoshi's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Hitoshi by state
Where Hitoshi concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 42 | 29.6% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 4.2% |
42 of 142 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 29.6% of nationwide
- California 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 29.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1933 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.