Jethro
- Pronunciation
- [Jeh-throw]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Overflowing: Abundance. In The Bible The Midian Priest Jethro Was Moses' Father-In-Law. Jett: (Hebrew/English) Variant Of Hebrew Jethro Overflowing: Abundance.)
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jethro Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,077 baby boys have been named Jethro. The name peaked in 2024 with 201 US births that year (rank #1078). In 2024, ranked #1078 nationally.
Top States for Jethro
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Jethro births are: California (214), North Carolina (162), Texas (139).
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Names with Jethro's exact length and starting letter: Jabari, Jabbar, Jacira, Jackie, Jaclyn.
Quick Facts About Jethro
US Popularity History (2025–2025)
Annual US births named Jethro by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 245 boys named Jethro (boy rank #953 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jethro Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jethro the strongest states are Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | #606 | 17 |
| 2 | Utah | #638 | 19 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #679 | 40 |
| 4 | Minnesota | #704 | 36 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #709 | 88 |
| 6 | Missouri | #709 | 38 |
| 7 | Colorado | #752 | 32 |
| 8 | Washington | #801 | 30 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #812 | 15 |
| 10 | Indiana | #818 | 50 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana | #818 | 50 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #812 | 15 |
| 3 | Washington | #801 | 30 |
| 4 | Colorado | #752 | 32 |
| 5 | Missouri | #709 | 38 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #709 | 88 |
| 7 | Minnesota | #704 | 36 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | #679 | 40 |
| 9 | Utah | #638 | 19 |
| 10 | Oregon | #606 | 17 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jethro in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jett | "Excellence, Abundance, Riches." | Male | Hebrew |
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Jethro against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).