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In 2024, 201 boys in the United States were named Jethro, making it the 1,078th most popular boy's name that year.
It has climbed sharply, from 1,556th a decade earlier.
2024 is its busiest year on record.
Records for Jethro go back to 1893, and 4,077 babies have been given the name since.
A Hebrew name meaning "excellence". Has biblical connections as Moses' father-in-law and musical associations through Jethro Tull.
Jethro is of Hebrew origin, described as biblical in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 201 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a sister, most common first.
A Hebrew name meaning "excellence". Has biblical connections as Moses' father-in-law and musical associations through Jethro Tull.
Jethro is of Hebrew origin, and is usually described as biblical in style.
In 2024, 201 boys in the United States were named Jethro, making it the 1,078th most popular boy's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 201 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Jet is a shorter name in current US use that share the opening of Jethro.