Shepard
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#891
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
268
boys 268
Peak year
2025
268 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
3,719
since 1912
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shepard was most popular in 2025, when 268 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.16 per 1,000). In 2025, 268 babies were named Shepard, ranking #891 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 268 | 891 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 244 | 942 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 238 | 949 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 253 | 913 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 233 | 963 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 243 | 920 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 202 | 1028 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 215 | 964 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 228 | 925 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 190 | 1043 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 116 | 1453 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 80 | 1844 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | 59 | 2205 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 65 | 2091 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 57 | 2261 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 64 | 2100 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 67 | 2050 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 60 | 2207 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 31 | 3444 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 44 | 2659 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 31 | 3241 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 20 | 4264 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 37 | 2674 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 15 | 4919 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 15 | 4890 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 7 | 4961 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 6 | 5355 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 8 | 4164 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 6 | 4441 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 3935 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 9 | 2780 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 14 | 2205 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 8 | 3041 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 12 | 2409 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 9 | 2871 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 12 | 2370 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 10 | 2631 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 10 | 2558 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 13 | 2186 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 8 | 2875 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 12 | 2246 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 15 | 1988 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 8 | 2633 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 10 | 2405 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 11 | 2207 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 19 | 1573 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 8 | 2609 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 10 | 2326 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 6 | 3175 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 9 | 2452 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 12 | 2121 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 7 | 3092 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 17 | 1770 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 14 | 2079 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 8 | 2980 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 9 | 2843 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 12 | 2408 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 11 | 2566 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 13 | 2313 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 10 | 2822 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 17 | 1941 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 5 | 4307 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 14 | 2265 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 15 | 2131 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 13 | 2265 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 15 | 2073 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 15 | 1986 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 12 | 2184 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 8 | 2457 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 9 | 1746 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years