Shiro
Shiro is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Shiro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shiro is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Shiro
The earliest SSA record of Shiro as a baby boy name dates back to 1915, when 5 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Shiro — #1,765 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Shiro on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Shiro last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 208 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Shiro
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Shiro. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Shirō
- Shirou
Names that sound like Shiro
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Shiro
Shiro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 208 births in the dataset. Shiro's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #1,765. Use the chart and map above to compare Shiro'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.