Shoichi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘Prosperous first [son]’; ‘correct ' first [son]’
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: IBGE, 2022
/ʃoʊˈitʃi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shoichi is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 4.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.1M
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 243K
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)
- Record sources
- 113 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈26,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)‘Prosperous first [son]’; ‘correct ' first [son]’. APPENDIX: JAPANESE
Cited for this meaning 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Shoichi 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #823 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | listed | Shoichi | 113 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Shoichi | 10 |
| US United States | — | 159 | 1 in 2.1M | 153 | Shoichi | 89 |
| BR Brazil | — | 35 | 1 in 6M | 52 | — | 1 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Shoichi | 7 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Shoichi | 11 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 243K | — | Shoichi | 8 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 972K | — | Shoichi | 5 |
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: the japanese-names-oneill-1972 register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA). 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Shoichi Sakatab. 1911JPJapanese physicist (1911–1970)
- Shoichi Yokoib. 1915JPJapanese World War II Soldier (1915−1997)
- Shoichi Ozawab. 1929JPJapanese actor (1929–2012)
- Shōichi Watanabeb. 1930JPEnglish scholar and critic
- Shō Kosugib. 1948JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actor
- Nejime Shōichib. 1948JPJapanese poet and novelist
- Shōichi Nakagawab. 1953JPMinister of Finance of Japan (1953-2009)
- Shōichi Masuob. 1960JPJapanese animator, mechanic designer, special effects director, animation director (1960-2017)
- Shoichi Funakib. 1968JPAmerican professional wrestler
- Noboru Yamaguchib. 1972JPnot in their usual nameJapanese writer (1972–2013)
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 153 | #43,957 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 52 | #28,478 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 35 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 35 | #85,084 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1916 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1930 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 7 | — |
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
- Where does the name Shoichi come from?
- ‘Prosperous first [son]’; ‘correct ' first [son]’. APPENDIX: JAPANESE Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Shoichi?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃoʊˈitʃi/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Shoichi a male or female name?
- Shoichi is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- What does the name Shoichi mean?
- Recorded meaning: ‘Prosperous first [son]’; ‘correct ' first [son]’.
- In which country does Shoichi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 26 thousand people named Shoichi in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shoichi.
- How common is the name Shoichi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 159 people named Shoichi in 2020, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
- How common is Shoichi compared with other names?
- In Japan, Shoichi is the 823rd most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shoichiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Shoichi” — the 823rd most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.