Meaning and history
Jethro comes from the Hebrew name יִתְרוֹ (Yiṯro), derived from יֶתֶר (yeṯer), meaning “abundance.” In the Old Testament, Jethro was a Midianite priest who sheltered Moses after he fled Egypt and was the father of Zipporah, Moses’s wife. A notable bearer of the name was Jethro Tull (1674–1741), an English inventor and agriculturist.
20062006: 31 births, rank #3,384
2007: 32 births, rank #3,379
2008: 30 births, rank #3,561
2009: 62 births, rank #2,168
2010: 65 births, rank #2,069
20112011: 73 births, rank #1,905
2012: 75 births, rank #1,909
2013: 87 births, rank #1,695
2014: 103 births, rank #1,551
2015: 112 births, rank #1,481
20162016: 137 births, rank #1,313
2017: 116 births, rank #1,460
2018: 159 births, rank #1,193
2019: 151 births, rank #1,244
2020: 139 births, rank #1,297
20212021: 155 births, rank #1,237
2022: 181 births, rank #1,146
2023: 189 births, rank #1,118
2024: 204 births, rank #1,068
20252025: 245 births, rank #952
Jethro moved from #922 to #953 for boys between 1913 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 245.