Mitsuru — boys' name
171 babies named Mitsuru in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Mitsuru was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Mitsuru in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mitsuru
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Mitsuru between 1916 and 1935, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mitsuru currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mitsuru performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mitsuru shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Mitsuru in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mitsuru 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 171 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.
Mitsuru at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mitsuru popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1916
- Peak year (1924)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
171 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 22 births in a single year.
Mitsuru popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1921 (Mitsuru as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mitsuru accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mitsuru by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 108 births that decade — 63% of Mitsuru's all-time total
Mitsuru decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mitsuru's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Mitsuru by state
Where Mitsuru concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 59 | 34.5% |
| #2 | California | | 28 | 16.4% |
59 of 171 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 34.5% of nationwide
- California 16.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 34.5% 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, 1916–1935 (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.