boy's name

Hideo

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 808

Hideo is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 1944 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1925, when 62 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1910.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Hideo over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1940s. The striped bar is the 1940s, still in progress — it covers 1940 to 1944, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40
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Births named Hideo by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 230
1920s 426
1930s 138
1940s (to 1944) 11

How popular is Hideo?

In 1944, Hideo was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Hideo is used

United States #3,119 6 in 1944
England & Wales #3,135 3 in 1998

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Hideo

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Hideo also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Hideo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Hideo

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Hideo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Hideo

How popular is the name Hideo?

In 1944, Hideo was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Hideo a girl's or a boy's name?

Hideo is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Hideo?

Hideo has 3 syllables.

When was Hideo most popular?

Hideo peaked in 1925, when 62 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.