Shepard
- Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547
- #891 for boys in 2025, 268 births
- Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 268 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,714since 1912
Shepard over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Shepard has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #891 | 268 | |
| 2024 | — | #942 | 244 | |
| 2023 | — | #949 | 238 | |
| 2022 | — | #913 | 253 | |
| 2021 | — | #963 | 233 | |
| 2020 | — | #920 | 243 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,028 | 202 | |
| 2018 | — | #964 | 215 | |
| 2017 | — | #925 | 228 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,043 | 190 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,453 | 116 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,844 | 80 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #2,205 | 59 |
| 2012 | — | #2,091 | 65 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,261 | 57 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,100 | 64 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,050 | 67 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,207 | 60 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,444 | 31 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,659 | 44 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,264 | 20 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,674 | 37 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
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| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
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| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Shepard! It came in at #1,746, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Shepard is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Oklahoma#311 · 1 in 1,179
- Alabama#333 · 1 in 1,345
- Nevada#516 · 1 in 2,259
- Mississippi#522 · 1 in 2,167
- South Carolina#552 · 1 in 2,650
Best ever in a state: #269 in Mississippi, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #311 | 15 | 1 in 1,179 |
| Alabama | #333 | 16 | 1 in 1,345 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| South Carolina | #552 | 8 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Tennessee | #638 | 11 | 1 in 3,343 |
| Missouri | #648 | 8 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| North Carolina | #718 | 12 | 1 in 4,289 |
| Ohio | #750 | 11 | 1 in 4,776 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Pennsylvania | #792 | 10 | 1 in 5,226 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Texas | #892 | 28 | 1 in 6,252 |
| Washington | #898 | 6 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Florida | #958 | 14 | 1 in 6,824 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 29 spots since 2020 (#920 → #891)
- Biggest jump: 118 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 64 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · boys
113 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2025 at #891 (268 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2020–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,373
- Highest: 1 in 6,373 boys born in 2025 were named Shepard (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 39.8% of all boys named Shepard (1,479) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 72 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,119 |
| 1920s | 114 | #1,941 (1923) | #2,658 |
| 1930s | 83 | #1,770 (1931) | #2,453 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,573 (1940) | #2,613 |
| 1950s | 94 | #2,186 (1953) | #2,732 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,205 (1964) | #3,027 |
| 1970s | 43 | #4,012 (1976) | #4,752 |
| 1980s | 30 | #4,961 (1981) | #5,976 |
| 1990s | 38 | #7,560 (1998) | #8,642 |
| 2000s | 326 | #2,050 (2009) | #3,946 |
| 2010s | 1,276 | #925 (2017) | #1,591 |
| 2020s | 1,479 | #891 (2025) | #930 |
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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