How Many People Are Named Sho?
people named Sho are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 771,523 people in the US has this name
Based on 461 babies named Sho in Social Security records from 1923 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of SHOU.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sho in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sho alive today is about 21 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sho first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1990, to 20 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sho has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,144, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #9,578.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,578 |
| Best rank | #3,144 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,650 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sho alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sho were born in California than in any other state: about 66 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sho was given about 6.4 times as often in California.
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