Jethro
2025 SSA
About Jethro
Jethro, though the biblical father-in-law of Moses, has suffered for a long time from a Beverly Hillbilly image, but some really adventurous parents might consider updating and urbanizing it and transitioning it into the hip o-ending category.
The 60s rock group Jethro Tull was named for an eighteenth century British agricultural reformer and inventor.
Pronounced JETH-ro.
As of October 2026, Jethro ranked #953 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #903 in 1899, Nameberry popularity #629.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,556 | 103 | 53.6 |
| 2015 | #1,486 | 112 | 58.4 |
| 2016 | #1,319 | 137 | 72.2 |
| 2017 | #1,463 | 116 | 62.7 |
| 2018 | #1,194 | 159 | 87.5 |
| 2019 | #1,246 | 151 | 84.2 |
| 2020 | #1,302 | 139 | 80.5 |
| 2021 | #1,238 | 155 | 88.6 |
| 2022 | #1,148 | 181 | 103.7 |
| 2023 | #1,117 | 189 | 110.5 |
| 2024 | #1,078 | 201 | 116.7 |
| 2025 | #953 | 245 | 143.4 |
World rankings
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Jethro on lists
Famous Jethros
- Jethro
Biblical father of Zipporah; father,in,law of Moses
- Jethro Exum Sumner
American Revolutionary War general
- Jethro Ayers Hatch
U.S. Congressman from Indiana
- Jethro Tull
English agriculturalist and inventor of the seed drill
- Jethro Pugh
American NFL football player
Jethro in pop culture
- Jethro Bodine
character on TV's "Beverly Hillbillies"
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs
character on TV's "NCIS"
- Jethro Cane
character on TV's "Doctor Who"
- Jethro
character in G. A. Henty's "The Cat of Bubastes"
- Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden
character on TV's "JAG"
- Jethro Creighton
character in "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
- Jethro West
character on New Zealand TV's "Outrageous Fortune"
- Jethro
character in video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"
- Jethro Tull
British rock band