How Many People Are Named Jethro?
people named Jethro are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 102,638 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,325 babies named Jethro in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
245 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name ΧΦ΄ΧͺΦ°Χ¨ΧΦΉ (Yitro), which was derived from the Hebrew word ΧΦΆΧͺΦΆΧ¨ (yeter) meaning "abundance". According to the Old Testament, Jethro was a Midianite priest who sheltered Moses when he fled Egypt. He was the father of Zipporah, who became Moses's wife. A famous bearer of the name was Jethro Tull (1674-1741), an English inventor and agriculturist.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jethro in the records were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Jethro alive today is about 20 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 27 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Jethro first appears in the records in 1893, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 245 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
π Rank History
Jethro has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #902, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #953.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #953 |
| Best rank | #902 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,126 in the 2020s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Jethro alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jethro were born in California than in any other state: about 244 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jethro was given 3.3 times as often in North Carolina, 2.5 times in Pennsylvania and 2.2 times in Washington.
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