Shinichi
Shin'ichi or Shinichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Shin and ichi are separated and it is pronounced.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Shinichi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shin'ichi or Shinichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Shin and ichi are separated and it is pronounced.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Shinichi
American parents first put Shinichi on the record books as a baby boy name in 1915, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 14 Shinichis were born — ranking #2,231 that year. About 64% of every Shinichi on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Shinichi last appeared in the published SSA data in 1928, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 89 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Shinichi
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Shinichi Aoki (紳一, born 1965), Japanese professional Go player
- Shinichi Chiba (真一), also known as Sonny Chiba, a Japanese actor
- Shinichi Fujimura (新一, born 1950), Japanese amateur archaeologist
- Shin'ichi Hisamatsu ( 久松 真一 ; 1889–1980) , Japanese Zen Buddhist scholar, philosopher and tea master
- Shinichi Honma ( 本間 信一 ; born 1934) , Japanese ice hockey player
- Shinichi Hoshi (新一, 1926–1997), Japanese novelist and science fiction writer
- Shinichi Ikejiri ( 池尻 愼一 ; 1909–1945) , Japanese physician and writer
- Shin'ichi Ishiwata (信一), Japanese scientist
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About the name Shinichi
Shinichi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 89 births in the dataset. Shinichi's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #2,231. Use the chart and map above to compare Shinichi'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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