Shizuo
Shizuo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shizuo Akira , Japanese immunologist Amanoyama Shizuo , Japanese sumo wrestler Shizuo Fujieda , Japanese writer Fujimori Shizuo , Japanese printmaker Shizuo Imaizumi , Japanese aikidoka Shizuo Kakutani , Japanese-born American mathematician Shizuo Miyama , Japanese footballer Shizuo Mochizuki , Japanese pole…
Meaning & Origin of Shizuo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shizuo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Shizuo Akira , Japanese immunologist Amanoyama Shizuo , Japanese sumo wrestler Shizuo Fujieda , Japanese writer Fujimori Shizuo , Japanese printmaker Shizuo Imaizumi , Japanese aikidoka Shizuo Kakutani , Japanese-born American mathematician Shizuo Miyama , Japanese footballer Shizuo Mochizuki , Japanese pole…
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The Story of Shizuo
Shizuo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 14 Shizuos were born — ranking #2,231 that year. As of 2026, Shizuo ranks #3,560 for baby boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 135 Shizuos 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 Shizuo
Shizuo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 135 births in the dataset. Shizuo's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #2,231. Use the chart and map above to compare Shizuo'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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