Meaning and history
Hiroshi is a Japanese masculine name whose meaning depends on the kanji. Common writings include 浩, “abundant” or “vast,” 博, “learned” or “extensive,” and 寛, “generous” or “tolerant,” among many others. The romanization alone cannot determine the intended meaning. Notable bearers include Japanese physicist Hiroshi Amano, a Nobel Prize recipient for blue light-emitting diodes, and Nintendo executive Hiroshi Yamauchi. Each bearer’s original characters are essential to precise interpretation.
20062006: 10 births, rank #7,427
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 7 births, rank #9,871
2009: 9 births, rank #8,310
2010: 6 births, rank #10,766
20112011: 34 births, rank #3,235
2012: 30 births, rank #3,530
2013: 15 births, rank #5,659
2014: 19 births, rank #4,866
2015: 13 births, rank #6,324
20162016: 11 births, rank #7,157
2017: 10 births, rank #7,546
2018: 16 births, rank #5,540
2019: 12 births, rank #6,777
2020: 13 births, rank #6,296
20212021: 12 births, rank #6,698
2022: 7 births, rank #9,823
2023: 16 births, rank #5,666
2024: 10 births, rank #7,765
20252025: 7 births, rank #9,714
Hiroshi rose from #972 to #916 for boys between 1926 and 1927. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 81 births.