Shogo

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Shogo by the numbers

Shogo was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 1930, making it a 1930s name.

What we can tell you about Shogo

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shogo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Shlomopeaceful; Hebrew form of Solomon166 in the US (2017)
  • Sholompeace; a form of Shalom46 in the US (2017)
  • Shilohe for whom it is; a form of Shiloh29 in the US (2017)
  • Shylohe is my peace; a variant of Shiloh3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shirowhite or castle5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Shogo

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