Shou
Shou is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Shou
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shou 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 Shou
American parents first put Shou on the record books as a baby boy name in 1991, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 5 Shous were born — ranking #8,237 that year. Shou last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Shou
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Shou. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Sho
- Shō
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Shou
Shou is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Shou's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #8,237. Use the chart and map above to compare Shou'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.