Names / Boy names
Shiro
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#1,818
in 1922
First recorded
1915
in U.S. data
Children named
208
since 1915
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,818 in 1922 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
— Japanese for “white” (often used in pet naming). Stateside, it enters U.S. records in 1915. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 208 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.