Shōji

given name · Latin script

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

Shōji is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Japanese 障子 (shōji).

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 3.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.3M
  • DKDenmark≈1 in 353K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Japan (inferred from the name graph)

≈32,000 people, est.

Sources
133 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Shoji in JP Japan, US United States, CA Canada and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Japanese 障子 (shōji).

Sources 2

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shōji 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 Shōji is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#522≈32,000 est.≈1 in 3.9K—Shoji133
ID Indonesia—≈300 est.≈1 in 879K—Shoji15
PH Philippines—≈280 est.≈1 in 388K—Shoji10
US United States—2641 in 1.3M395Shoji123
PK Pakistan—≈110 est.≈1 in 2.1M—Shoji4
CA Canada—≈62 est.≈1 in 607K—Shoji20
AU Australia—≈39 est.≈1 in 654K1——
DK Denmark—≈17 est.≈1 in 353K4——

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.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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)

Shōji is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Shoji, Shôji, Shõji

  • English given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Shoji, Shǒji, Shôji

1 further group 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)

1850190019502000Shōji Nishimura, b. 1889Takashi Shimura, b. 1905Shōji Ueda, b. 1913Shōji Yasui, b. 1928Shōji Nakayama, b. 1928Masaharu Ueda, b. 1938Shouji Gatou, b. 1971Shoji Jo, b. 1975Shoji Sato, b. 1982Shōji Satō, b. 2000

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

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname 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

What does the name Shōji mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 障子 (shōji). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary.
Is Shōji a male or female name?
Shōji 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 Shōji have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 32 thousand people named Shōji in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shoji.
How common is the name Shōji?
In the United States, the national register counted 264 people named Shōji in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
How common is Shōji compared with other names?
In Japan, Shōji is the 522nd most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.

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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, “Shōji” — the 522nd most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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