Sho
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHOH
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Sho is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Sho mean?
Japanese: Japanese; meaning depends on the kanji used
One common writing, 翔, means to soar or fly.
Is Sho a girl's or a boy's name?
Sho is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sho in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Sho, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1990, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
2025 had fewer boys named Sho than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sho in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sho in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
Names like Sho
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Mikko Hiro Ryo Ryu Kairo Yug Dakota Minh Yuri Zuko Yitzchok
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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, “Sho: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sho, updated 20 October 2026.