# Jethro (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jethro/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɛθɹoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,325 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,325 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 463, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Jethro, from Old English Iethrō, from Latin Iethrō, from Biblical Hebrew יִתְרוֹ (yitró).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 1,914 |
| 2012 | 75 | 1,915 |
| 2013 | 87 | 1,700 |
| 2014 | 103 | 1,556 |
| 2015 | 112 | 1,486 |
| 2016 | 137 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 116 | 1,464 |
| 2018 | 159 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 151 | 1,246 |
| 2020 | 139 | 1,302 |
| 2021 | 155 | 1,238 |
| 2022 | 181 | 1,149 |
| 2023 | 189 | 1,120 |
| 2024 | 204 | 1,070 |
| 2025 | 245 | 953 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: जेथरो
- Portuguese: Jetro
- Russian: Дже́тро

## People named Jethro

- Jethro Tull, British agricultural pioneer, activist of the British Agricultural Revolution

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.