Shigeru — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shigeru

The Social Security Administration has registered 591 babies named Shigeru between 1910 and 1938, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shigeru currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shigeru performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 317 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shigeru shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 301 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Shigeru in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shigeru 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 591 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.