Mitsuru

Boys' name

To fill or full

Mitsuru has been given to 176 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Mitsuru, 1935

1 in 348,000

Mitsuru over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mitsuru: meaning, origin, and history

To fill or full

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mitsuru means

Mitsuru means “to fill or full”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Mitsuru is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /mi.t͡sɨᵝ.ɾɯᵝ/ for Mitsuru.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 171 boys were recorded with the name Mitsuru between 1916 and 1935. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,709 in 1924.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Mitsuru between 1921 and 1921. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1921; its best national rank was #5,651 in 1921.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Mitsuru?

Mitsuru had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1935, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1935: 1 in 348,000; 6 of 2,089,888 births
Among boys only: 1 in 174,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1935: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 241,434 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mitsuru sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1935 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 241,434 children born in 1935 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mitsuru. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mitsurus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mitsuru was born before 1924 — so the typical Mitsuru is around 101 today.

Median birth year: 1924; About 101 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 63.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 63.2% of all recorded uses (108).

Is Mitsuru rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (22)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 45.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,709; 1924

Spellings of Mitsuru

Mitsuru is not the most common spelling — Mitsuo is, with 75.3% against Mitsuru's 24.7%.

Mitsuo75.3%521
Mitsuru24.7%171

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Mitsuru is used

Across 1910–2025, Mitsuru was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 206,885 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

010 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 10,000
2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mitsuru has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mitsuru by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,709; 1924
Peak year: 1924; 22 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1935
All-time count: 171
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,651; 1921
Peak year: 1921; 5 that year
First recorded: 1921
Last recorded: 1921
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mitsuru

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mithran Mitsugi Mitesh Mithcell Mitchael Mitcheal Mitchum Mitchal Mitansh Mitchelle Mitsuo Mitul Shukuru Mithun Mithil Mitsuki Mitchel Mitt Mitch Mithra Mit Uhuru Mital Mitra

Sibling names for Mitsuru

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Dorris Leonora

For a brother

Alvis Eldridge Lacy Delmer Wilton Elwin Domenick Hosea

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