Noboru
Noboru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Jahana Noboru , official in the government of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture Kyokushūzan Noboru , former professional sumo wrestler and current politician from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Miyata Noboru , Japanese folklorist Noboru Akiyama , Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher Noboru Ando , Japanese film actor known for his…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Noboru
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Noboru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Jahana Noboru , official in the government of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture Kyokushūzan Noboru , former professional sumo wrestler and current politician from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Miyata Noboru , Japanese folklorist Noboru Akiyama , Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher Noboru Ando , Japanese film actor known for his…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Noboru
The earliest SSA record of Noboru as a baby boy name dates back to 1912, when 8 babies received it. 1920 was its biggest year on record, with 34 newborns named Noboru — #1,234 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Noboru on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Noboru last appeared in the published SSA data in 1945, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 484 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Noboru
Noboru is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 484 births in the dataset. Noboru's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,234. Use the chart and map above to compare Noboru'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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