Hiroshi
Hiroshi is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.
Meaning & Origin of Hiroshi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hiroshi is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.
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The Story of Hiroshi
Hiroshi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 81 Hiroshis were born — ranking #737 that year. As of 2026, Hiroshi ranks #6,844 for baby boys with 11 births, gradually falling (-13%). In total, more than 2K Hiroshis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Hiroshi
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Hiroshi (comedian) ( ヒロシ ; born 1972) , Japanese comedian
- Hiroshi Abe (disambiguation) , multiple people
- Hiroshi Abe ( 阿部 寛 ; born 1964) , Japanese actor
- Hiroshi Abe ( 安部 裕史 ) , Japanese astronomer
- Hiroshi Abe (1922–?), Japanese war criminal
- Hiroshi Amano ( 天野 浩 ; born 1960) , Japanese physicist, engineer, Nobel Prize winner
- Hiroshi Ando ( 安藤 尋 ; born 1965) , Japanese screenwriter and film director
- Hiroshi Aoyama ( 青山 博一 ; born 1981) , Japanese motorcycle road racer
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Names that sound like Hiroshi
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About the name Hiroshi
Hiroshi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Hiroshi's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #737. Use the chart and map above to compare Hiroshi'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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