Shingo
Shingo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shingo Doi , Japanese speed skater Hideki Shingo , Imperial Japanese Navy officer Shingo Hirafuji , Japanese shogi player Shingo Inoue , Japanese marathon runner Shingo Ito (footballer) , Japanese footballer Shingo Itō (shogi) , Japanese shogi player Shingo Kai , Japanese water polo player Shingo Katayama , Japanese…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Shingo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shingo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shingo Doi , Japanese speed skater Hideki Shingo , Imperial Japanese Navy officer Shingo Hirafuji , Japanese shogi player Shingo Inoue , Japanese marathon runner Shingo Ito (footballer) , Japanese footballer Shingo Itō (shogi) , Japanese shogi player Shingo Kai , Japanese water polo player Shingo Katayama , Japanese…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Shingo
The earliest SSA record of Shingo as a baby boy name dates back to 1925, when 5 babies received it. 1981 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Shingo — #5,468 in the national rankings. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 52% of all recorded Shingos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2004 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 31 Shingos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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About the name Shingo
Shingo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 31 births in the dataset. Shingo's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #5,468. Use the chart and map above to compare Shingo'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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