Shigeto — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shigeto

The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Shigeto between 1915 and 1929, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shigeto currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shigeto performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shigeto shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shigeto in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shigeto 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 53 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.