Jiro
Jirō or Jiro is a stand-alone Japanese given name along with "Tarō", and a common name suffix for males.
Meaning & Origin of Jiro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jirō or Jiro is a stand-alone Japanese given name along with "Tarō", and a common name suffix for males.
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The Story of Jiro
Jiro first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1913, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 22 Jiros were born — ranking #1,596 that year. As of 2026, Jiro ranks #5,918 for baby boys with 15 births, rising sharply (+51% over the past five years). In total, more than 438 Jiros have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Jiro
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Jiro (musician) (born 1972), bassist of the Japanese rock band GLAY
- Jiro Aichi (治郎, born 1969), Japanese politician
- Jirō Akagawa (次郎, born 1948), Japanese novelist
- Jiro Akama (二郎, born 1968), Japanese politician
- Jiro Ando (慈朗), Japanese manga artist
- Jirō Asada (次郎, born 1951), Japanese novelist
- Jiro Hirokawa ( 廣川 二郎 ) , Japanese engineer
- Jiro Horikoshi (二郎, 1903–1982), chief engineer behind many Japanese fighters of WWII
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Names that sound like Jiro
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About the name Jiro
Jiro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 438 births in the dataset. Jiro's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,596. Use the chart and map above to compare Jiro'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.