Nobuo
Nobuo is a masculine, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Nobuo Amayake , Japanese professional Go player Nobuo Aoyagi , Japanese film director and film producer Nobuo Chigusa , Japanese basketball player Nobuo Fujita , Warrant Flying Officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy Nobuo Hattori , Japanese basketball player Nobuo Ikeda , Japanese economist Nobuo Kaiho , Japanese…
Meaning & Origin of Nobuo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nobuo is a masculine, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Nobuo Amayake , Japanese professional Go player Nobuo Aoyagi , Japanese film director and film producer Nobuo Chigusa , Japanese basketball player Nobuo Fujita , Warrant Flying Officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy Nobuo Hattori , Japanese basketball player Nobuo Ikeda , Japanese economist Nobuo Kaiho , Japanese…
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The Story of Nobuo
Nobuo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1913, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 23 Nobuos were born — ranking #1,588 that year. As of 2026, Nobuo ranks #3,534 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 242 Nobuos 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 Nobuo
Nobuo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 242 births in the dataset. Nobuo's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,588. Use the chart and map above to compare Nobuo'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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