Shintaro — boys' name
26 babies named Shintaro in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
26 boys have been named Shintaro since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2000.
- 26
- total births
- 1990–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 77%
- born in that decade
77% of everyone ever named Shintaro was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shintaro in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shintaro
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Shintaro between 1990 and 2000, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shintaro currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shintaro performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shintaro shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shintaro 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 26 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.
Shintaro at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shintaro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1990
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
26 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 6 births in a single year.
Shintaro by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 20 births that decade — 77% of Shintaro's all-time total
Shintaro decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shintaro's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
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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, 1990–2000 (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.