Shozo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shozo

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Shozo between 1914 and 1928, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shozo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shozo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shozo 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 Shozo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shozo 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 19 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.