Shad
#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 381 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,831since 1940
Shad over time
Rank among boys' names. Shad has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #3,982 | 26 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #3,434 | 31 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #3,103 | 37 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #3,451 | 30 |
| 2005 | #2,752 | 39 |
| 2004 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #1,944 | 53 |
| 1999 | #2,098 | 45 |
| 1998 | #2,068 | 45 |
| 1997 | #1,908 | 48 |
| 1996 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | #1,623 | 56 |
| 1994 | #1,434 | 67 |
| 1993 | #1,601 | 56 |
| 1992 | #1,472 | 62 |
| 1991 | #1,652 | 50 |
| 1990 | #1,547 | 54 |
| 1989 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | #1,329 | 60 |
| 1987 | #1,295 | 57 |
| 1986 | #1,419 | 49 |
| 1985 | #1,158 | 65 |
| 1984 | #1,280 | 52 |
| 1983 | #1,006 | 77 |
| 1982 | #907 | 97 |
| 1981 | #882 | 102 |
| 1980 | #808 | 118 |
| 1979 | #698 | 150 |
| 1978 | #622 | 181 |
| 1977 | #603 | 196 |
| 1976 | #574 | 199 |
| 1975 | #493 | 261 |
| 1974 | #445 | 316 |
| 1973 | #439 | 317 |
| 1972 | #402 | 381 |
| 1971 | #403 | 406 |
| 1970 | #613 | 175 |
| 1969 | #790 | 96 |
| 1968 | #898 | 64 |
| 1967 | #915 | 62 |
| 1966 | #1,073 | 47 |
| 1965 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
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| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shad! It came in at #3,459, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1940–1957, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Shad is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#217 · 1 in 1,998
- Colorado#274 · 1 in 2,197
- Iowa#320 · 1 in 4,628
- Washington#359 · 1 in 4,025
- Wisconsin#368 · 1 in 6,127
Best ever in a state: #108 in Montana, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Nebraska | #217 | 6 | 1 in 1,998 |
| Colorado | #274 | 9 | 1 in 2,197 |
| Iowa | #320 | 5 | 1 in 4,628 |
| Washington | #359 | 7 | 1 in 4,025 |
| Wisconsin | #368 | 6 | 1 in 6,127 |
| Indiana | #419 | 7 | 1 in 6,821 |
| Louisiana | #437 | 8 | 1 in 4,231 |
| Ohio | #465 | 11 | 1 in 8,813 |
| California | #513 | 27 | 1 in 6,606 |
| Michigan | #532 | 8 | 1 in 10,172 |
| Florida | #543 | 7 | 1 in 7,678 |
| Illinois | #605 | 9 | 1 in 10,752 |
| Texas | #834 | 8 | 1 in 14,316 |
| New York | #1,094 | 5 | 1 in 30,926 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shad
- 1,209 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #8,243)
- 4,261 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1971 (#613 → #403)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1980 (#698 → #808)
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1972 at #402 (381 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1967–1982
- Highest: 1 in 4,256 boys born in 1972 were named Shad (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 53.4% of all boys named Shad (2,582) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,459 (1940) | #3,459 |
| 1950s | 21 | #2,663 (1959) | #3,388 |
| 1960s | 388 | #790 (1969) | #1,664 |
| 1970s | 2,582 | #402 (1972) | #529 |
| 1980s | 726 | #808 (1980) | #1,170 |
| 1990s | 538 | #1,434 (1994) | #1,711 |
| 2000s | 338 | #1,944 (2000) | #3,185 |
| 2010s | 182 | #3,434 (2011) | #5,292 |
| 2020s | 51 | #5,927 (2023) | #7,804 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shad in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 10,618 of them was named Shad, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).