boys:
1.5k births since 1912
#3110 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1912
#6198 (20th percentile)
The name Hiroshi is the #6,198 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,548 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 19.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,110 (32.1% percentile) for all time with 1,548 births since 1912.
Hiroshi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Hiroshi is available in 82 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Hiroshi reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 13.7% percentile (ranked #478) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 1924, with 69 births per million (ranked 13.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Hiroshi ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 12.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hiroshi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hiroshi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Hiroshi is pronounced as hih-ROH-shee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hee-ROH-shee, at 37.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like HH IH0 R OW1 SH IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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