Jethro
Boy · JETH-roh · Hebrew
Jethro is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “abundance, excellence”. In 2025 it ranked 1,337th for boys in the UK (22 babies) and 952nd for boys in the US (245 babies).
What does Jethro mean?
Hebrew
“abundance, excellence”
In Exodus, Jethro is Moses' father-in-law; the farmer Jethro Tull invented the seed drill around 1701.
- Say it
- JETH-roh
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Is Jethro a girl's or a boy's name?
Jethro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the UK and 245 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jethro in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,337among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were named Jethro, making it the 1,337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 29 boys.
2025 had more boys named Jethro than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Jethro in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Jethro in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,337 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,278 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 29 | #953 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
How popular is Jethro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #952among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 245about 1 in 7,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 245 boys in the US were named Jethro, making it the 952nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,297th. It first appears in the records in 1893.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Jethro of any year since it first appeared, in 1893.
Half of all the boys named Jethro in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jethro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245 | #952 |
| 2024 | 204 | #1,068 |
| 2023 | 189 | #1,118 |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,146 |
| 2021 | 155 | #1,237 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,297 |
| 2019 | 151 | #1,244 |
| 2018 | 159 | #1,193 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,460 |
| 2016 | 137 | #1,313 |
| 2015 | 112 | #1,481 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,551 |
| 2013 | 87 | #1,694 |
| 2012 | 75 | #1,908 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,167 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,226 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,429 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,357 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,427 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,407 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,263 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,273 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,159 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,203 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,127 |
| 1913 | 29 | #914 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
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