Boys' name · since 1918
Jethroe
Since 1918, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Jethroe, peaking in 1951. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 11
- total births
- 1918–1951
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Jethroe is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 1918.
Jethroe has 11 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1951.
- 11 total births
- 1918–1951 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jethroe's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jethroe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jethroe's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1951 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jethroe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1951
- Peak year (1951)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Jethroe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Jethroe's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jethroe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1951 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jethroe: Baby Name Since 1918 - 11 Births, Peak 1951." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jethroe. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jethroe draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.