Hitoshi
Hitoshi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Hitoshi Ashida , Japanese politician Hitoshi Ashinano , Japanese manga artist Hitoshi Doi , Japanese baseball player Hitoshi Fugo , Japanese photographer Hitoshi Fujie , Japanese baseball player Hitoshi Goto , Japanese politician Hitoshi Hidetada , Japanese sumo wrestler Hitoshi Igarashi , Japanese scholar and murder…
Meaning & Origin of Hitoshi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hitoshi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Hitoshi Ashida , Japanese politician Hitoshi Ashinano , Japanese manga artist Hitoshi Doi , Japanese baseball player Hitoshi Fugo , Japanese photographer Hitoshi Fujie , Japanese baseball player Hitoshi Goto , Japanese politician Hitoshi Hidetada , Japanese sumo wrestler Hitoshi Igarashi , Japanese scholar and murder…
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The Story of Hitoshi
Hitoshi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 13 Hitoshis were born — ranking #2,336 that year. As of 2026, Hitoshi ranks #3,642 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 142 Hitoshis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Hitoshi
Hitoshi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 142 births in the dataset. Hitoshi's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #2,336. Use the chart and map above to compare Hitoshi'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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