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Jethro

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Up from #1,481 in 2015 to #952 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,481, 2016: #1,313, 2017: #1,460, 2018: #1,193, 2019: #1,244, 2020: #1,297, 2021: #1,237, 2022: #1,146, 2023: #1,118, 2024: #1,068, 2025: #9521 in 6,972 boys in the US, 2025#952 · rising · was #1,481 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,159, 2016: #1,050, 2017: #1,470, 2018: #1,284, 2019: #1,745, 2020: #1,635, 2021: #1,688, 2022: #2,530, 2023: #1,533, 2024: #1,952, 2025: #1,4061 in 14,312 boys in E&W, 2025#1,406 · falling · was #1,159 in 2015

Boy’s name · Hebrew · /ˈd͡ʒɛθɹəʊ/

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What Jethro means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jethro yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,481 in 2015 to #952 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jethro?

US 2025
#952
245 babies
▲ 116 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1406
19 babies
▲ 546 vs 2024
Scotland 2025
#762
3 babies
▼ 143 vs 2024

US: Rising: up from #1481 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1159 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 245 boys got the name (#952 that year). First in the US records in 1893.

How common

  • About 1 in 6,972 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 14,312 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
  • About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KS (0.64 per 1,000 boys), MN (0.45 per 1,000 boys), WI (0.34 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Jethro is #952 in the US and #1406 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9522451 in 6,972#1481
England & Wales#1406191 in 14,312#1159
Scotland#76231 in 6,547#686

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jethro were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250245
England & Wales 2025019
US all years since 188004,325
England & Wales since 19960463

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

UK/ˈd͡ʒɛθɹəʊ/
US/ˈd͡ʒɛθɹoʊ/

IPA from Wiktionary.

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Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jethro’s. Rank is US 2025.

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