Sho
#7,628 most common boys' name of all time · #19,205 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1923–2025
Rank among boys
#7,628
Rank overall
#19,205 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
461
Since 2016
86
Peak year
1990 #3,101
Best rank
#3,101 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Sho first appears in 1923. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,016 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,416 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,828 |
| 2022 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,412 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,670 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,840 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,768 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,822 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,247 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,372 |
| 2014 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,521 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,219 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,113 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,885 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,803 |
| 2009 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,588 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,814 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,038 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,745 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,699 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,143 |
| 2003 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,317 |
| 2002 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,740 |
| 2001 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,189 |
| 2000 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,846 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,024 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,541 |
| 1997 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,031 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,641 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,214 |
| 1994 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,354 |
| 1993 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,876 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,640 |
| 1991 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,689 |
| 1990 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,101 |
| 1989 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,254 |
| 1988 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,976 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,708 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,148 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,808 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,652 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,465 |