Shadow
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#5861
recorded as boys
Up 338 since 2024
Babies in 2025
15
boys 15
Peak year
1993
36 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,104
since 1974
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shadow was most popular in 1993, when 36 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.02 per 1,000). In 2025, 15 babies were named Shadow, ranking #5861 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 15 | 5861 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | 14 | 6199 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11169 | 12 | 6897 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8032 | 18 | 5215 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11146 | 17 | 5338 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9546 | 14 | 5980 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12448 | 15 | 5813 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11427 | 10 | 7617 |
| 2017 | 12 | 8776 | 19 | 4935 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11781 | 7 | 9664 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10148 | 11 | 7066 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14558 | 14 | 5997 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 14 | 5923 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12153 | 18 | 4983 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13448 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12429 | 8 | 8985 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10084 | 10 | 7698 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15491 | 10 | 7590 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13606 | 17 | 5072 |
| 2005 | 12 | 8883 | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | 14 | 7828 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9671 | 8 | 7831 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13595 | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10102 | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | 13 | 7580 | 17 | 4389 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8223 | 16 | 4341 |
| 1998 | 19 | 5363 | 19 | 3708 |
| 1997 | 22 | 4660 | 25 | 2981 |
| 1996 | 19 | 5065 | 21 | 3293 |
| 1995 | 22 | 4518 | 27 | 2685 |
| 1994 | 24 | 4238 | 30 | 2502 |
| 1993 | 22 | 4524 | 36 | 2162 |
| 1992 | 22 | 4528 | 26 | 2670 |
| 1991 | 20 | 4808 | 28 | 2469 |
| 1990 | 19 | 4868 | 30 | 2308 |
| 1989 | 22 | 4248 | 26 | 2469 |
| 1988 | 17 | 4840 | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | 10 | 6788 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | 8178 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 9010 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 8562 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 44% · boys 56% across all years