Shoji — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shoji

The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Shoji between 1913 and 1945, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shoji currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shoji performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shoji shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Shoji in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shoji 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 134 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.