Shigeru
Shigeru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shigeru Ban , Japanese architect Shigeru Chiba , Japanese voice actor Shigeru Egami , Japanese karateka Shigeru Endo , Japanese sport wrestler Shigeru Itō , Japanese socialist politician Shigeru Izumi , Japanese painter and printmaker Shigeru Izumiya , Japanese actor and singer Shigeru Kasamatsu , Japanese artistic…
Meaning & Origin of Shigeru
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shigeru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shigeru Ban , Japanese architect Shigeru Chiba , Japanese voice actor Shigeru Egami , Japanese karateka Shigeru Endo , Japanese sport wrestler Shigeru Itō , Japanese socialist politician Shigeru Izumi , Japanese painter and printmaker Shigeru Izumiya , Japanese actor and singer Shigeru Kasamatsu , Japanese artistic…
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The Story of Shigeru
Shigeru first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1910, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 42 Shigerus were born — ranking #1,086 that year. As of 2026, Shigeru ranks #3,534 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 591 Shigerus 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 Shigeru
Shigeru is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1910 and has accumulated 591 births in the dataset. Shigeru's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,086. Use the chart and map above to compare Shigeru'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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