Shad
Rank in 2025
#8243
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
9
boys 9
Peak year
1972
381 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
4,831
since 1940
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Shad was most popular in 1972, when 381 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.23 per 1,000). In 2025, 9 babies were named Shad, ranking #8243 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 30%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 9 | 8243 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 15 | 5927 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 8 | 8990 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 8 | 8825 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 11 | 7034 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 11 | 7173 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 16 | 5540 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 14 | 6060 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 15 | 5789 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 26 | 3982 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 20 | 4702 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 17 | 5171 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 18 | 5035 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 31 | 3434 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 14 | 6036 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 19 | 4922 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 37 | 3103 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 21 | 4493 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 30 | 3451 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 39 | 2752 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 32 | 3074 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 32 | 2993 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 38 | 2556 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 37 | 2562 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 53 | 1944 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 45 | 2098 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 45 | 2068 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 48 | 1908 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 55 | 1705 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 56 | 1623 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 67 | 1434 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 56 | 1601 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 62 | 1472 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 50 | 1652 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 54 | 1547 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 49 | 1615 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 60 | 1329 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 57 | 1295 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 49 | 1419 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 65 | 1158 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 52 | 1280 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 77 | 1006 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 97 | 907 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 102 | 882 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 118 | 808 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 150 | 698 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 181 | 622 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 196 | 603 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 199 | 574 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 261 | 493 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 316 | 445 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 317 | 439 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 381 | 402 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 406 | 403 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 175 | 613 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 96 | 790 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 64 | 898 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 62 | 915 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 47 | 1073 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 41 | 1189 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 30 | 1435 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 20 | 1792 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 10 | 2673 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 11 | 2538 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 7 | 3337 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 10 | 2663 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 5 | 3942 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 5 | 3459 |
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