NameTides

Jethro

Jethro was the #952 boys' name in the US in 2025 (245 babies), and #1,406 in England & Wales and #1,049 in Canada.

Jethro as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jethro as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Jethro as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#952 (245)#1,406 (19)#762 (3)——#1,049 (24)
2024#1,068 (204)#1,952 (12)#619 (4)——#747 (35)
2023#1,118 (189)#1,533 (16)———#947 (25)
2022#1,146 (181)#2,530 (8)———#1,142 (19)
2021#1,237 (155)#1,688 (14)———#1,109 (20)
2020#1,297 (139)#1,635 (14)———#1,223 (17)
2019#1,244 (151)#1,745 (13)———#941 (24)
2018#1,193 (159)#1,284 (20)———#964 (23)
2017#1,460 (116)#1,470 (17)———#864 (27)
2016#1,313 (137)#1,050 (27)———#1,026 (21)
2015#1,481 (112)#1,159 (23)#686 (3)——#812 (29)
2014#1,551 (103)#1,093 (25)———#898 (25)
2013#1,695 (87)#1,920 (11)—#398 (3)—#920 (24)
2012#1,909 (75)#1,367 (18)#568 (4)—#718 (3)#1,065 (19)
2011#1,905 (73)#1,342 (18)———#845 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #952.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1893.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jethro is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 7,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jethro by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #715MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #953TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Jethro (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Jethro (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JethroCanadaBoys#1,04924
JethroEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
JethroIrelandBoys—too few
JethroNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JethroScotlandBoys#7623
JethroUSBoys#952245