Shohei — #8542 US boys' name
65 babies named Shohei in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Shohei was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Shohei in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shohei
The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Shohei between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shohei currently holds the #8542 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shohei performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shohei shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shohei in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shohei 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 65 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.
Shohei at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shohei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2023)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #8542 among boys.
65 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 13 births in a single year.
Shohei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 29 births that decade — 45% of Shohei's all-time total
Shohei decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shohei's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Shohei by state
Where Shohei concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 7.7% |
5 of 65 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1989–2024 (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.