girls:
5 births since 1915
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
798 births since 1923
#3789 (17th percentile)
overall:
803 births since 1915
#6936 (10th percentile)
The name Hiro is the #6,936 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 803 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 10.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,789 (17.3% percentile) for all time with 798 births since 1923. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1915.
Hiro first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 1923 for boys). Birth data for Hiro is available in 26 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (25 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hiro has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1923, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1915 to 1922), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1923 to 2023).
For boys, Hiro reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #849) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hiro ranks #856 for boys (6.0% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 86.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Hiro reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #559) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1915.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hiro".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hiro. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.4% confident that Hiro is pronounced as HEE-roh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HIH-roh, at 32.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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