Hideo
Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Hideo Date (1907–2005), Japanese-born American painter Hideo Den, Japanese politician and news presenter Hideo Fujimoto, Japanese baseball player Hideo Fukui, Japanese athlete who competes in triathlon Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese NASCAR driver Hideo Gosha, Japanese film director Hideo Hagiwara, Japanese artist Hideo…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Hideo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Hideo Date (1907–2005), Japanese-born American painter Hideo Den, Japanese politician and news presenter Hideo Fujimoto, Japanese baseball player Hideo Fukui, Japanese athlete who competes in triathlon Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese NASCAR driver Hideo Gosha, Japanese film director Hideo Hagiwara, Japanese artist Hideo…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Hideo
The earliest SSA record of Hideo as a baby boy name dates back to 1910, when 5 babies received it. 1925 was its biggest year on record, with 62 newborns named Hideo — #843 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Hideo on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Hideo last appeared in the published SSA data in 1944, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 805 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hideo
Hideo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1910 and has accumulated 805 births in the dataset. Hideo's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #843. Use the chart and map above to compare Hideo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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