Shade
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 57.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,156since 1880
Shade over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | — | #5,075 | 19 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,936 | 19 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,804 | 19 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 | #2,449 | 33 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #2,493 | 41 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Shade was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Shade is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Shade in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shade
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,214 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1891
- Biggest drop: 20 spots in 1892
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #682 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1890–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,811
- Highest: 1 in 13,811 boys born in 1880 were named Shade (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 19.4% of all boys named Shade (224) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2004
- Mostly girls until 2003, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #682 (1880) | #755 |
| 1890s | 18 | #841 (1891) | #899 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,200 |
| 1910s | 72 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,271 |
| 1920s | 66 | #2,048 (1928) | #3,119 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,609 (1930) | #3,140 |
| 1940s | 28 | #2,996 (1945) | #3,268 |
| 1950s | 13 | #2,875 (1952) | #3,278 |
| 1960s | 31 | #2,900 (1961) | #3,649 |
| 1970s | 45 | #3,857 (1978) | #4,280 |
| 1980s | 84 | #2,912 (1983) | #4,705 |
| 1990s | 224 | #2,449 (1997) | #3,375 |
| 2000s | 208 | #3,687 (2007) | #4,284 |
| 2010s | 191 | #3,894 (2012) | #4,973 |
| 2020s | 94 | #4,936 (2021) | #5,796 |
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.
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