Jiro
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Jiro is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jiro mean?
Japanese
A male given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jiro a girl's or a boy's name?
Jiro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jiro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Jiro, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer boys named Jiro than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Jiro in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jiro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Names like Jiro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Milo Otto Leo Jethro Theo Jasper Arlo Emmett Enzo August Bruno Hugo
Names related to Jiro
More Japanese names
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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, “Jiro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jiro, updated 20 October 2026.