Shojiro

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Shojiro is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 50K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 3.4M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 6.9M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Japan (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,500 people, est.

Sources
57 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shojiro counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shojiro is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan≈2,500 est.≈1 in 50KShojiro57
US United States≈48 est.≈1 in 6.9MShojiro35
CA Canada≈11 est.≈1 in 3.4MShojiro5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shojiro is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Shôjirô

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Shōjirō

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Shōjiro

17 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Shōjirō Gotō, b. 1838Shojiro Iida, b. 1888Shōjirō Ishibashi, b. 1889Kawashima Shojiro, b. 1890Shōjirō Sawada, b. 1892Shōjirō Asahina, b. 1913Shōjirō Kihara, b. 1935Shōjirō Nishio, b. 1951Shōjirō Sakaguchi, b. 1960Shōjirō Nishimi, b. 1965

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shojiro a male or female name?
Shojiro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Shojiro have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Shojiro in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shojiro.
How common is the name Shojiro?
Mondonomo estimates about 2,500 people in Japan have Shojiro as their first given name, about 1 in 50 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shojiro”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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