Hiroshi
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Hiroshi is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Hiroshi mean?
Japanese
A male given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hiroshi a girl's or a boy's name?
Hiroshi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hiroshi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Hiroshi, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1924, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Hiroshi in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hiroshi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,496 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,044 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,125 |
| 1927 | 56 | #911 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 |
| 1925 | 77 | #746 |
| 1924 | 81 | #737 |
| 1923 | 69 | #803 |
| 1922 | 61 | #882 |
| 1921 | 73 | #790 |
| 1920 | 62 | #865 |
| 1919 | 44 | #1,024 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,035 |
| 1917 | 46 | #946 |
| 1916 | 45 | #952 |
| 1915 | 50 | #868 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
Names like Hiroshi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hiroshi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hiroshi, updated 20 October 2026.