Shepherd
Rank in 2025
#10917
recorded as girls
#246
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,416
girls 8 · boys 1,408
Peak year
2025
1,408 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
7,815
since 1886
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shepherd was most popular in 2025, when 1,408 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.82 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,408 babies were named Shepherd, ranking #246 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 175%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 10917 | 1,408 | 246 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9556 | 1,099 | 310 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 789 | 405 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12243 | 619 | 491 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 558 | 526 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 463 | 594 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 434 | 624 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 339 | 716 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 293 | 790 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 265 | 847 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 174 | 1105 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 164 | 1153 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 93 | 1636 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 102 | 1551 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16764 | 103 | 1533 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 102 | 1558 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 70 | 1990 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 65 | 2104 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 34 | 3250 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 39 | 2881 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 32 | 3172 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 17 | 4616 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 8 | 7139 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 12 | 5159 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 6 | 7178 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 7 | 5003 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 7 | 4582 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 9 | 3659 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 9 | 3370 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 13 | 2621 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 7 | 3595 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 10 | 2617 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 6 | 3601 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 10 | 2706 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 10 | 2628 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 9 | 2764 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 10 | 2592 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 5 | 3798 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 9 | 2680 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 10 | 2453 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 5 | 3733 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 15 | 1884 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 7 | 2862 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 6 | 3175 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 5 | 3549 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 6 | 3361 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 9 | 2766 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 9 | 2912 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 11 | 2566 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 10 | 2755 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 10 | 2772 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 8 | 3252 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 15 | 2152 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 11 | 2602 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 10 | 2665 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 11 | 2543 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 8 | 2956 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 9 | 2730 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 6 | 3392 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 7 | 2651 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 5 | 1031 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 6 | 819 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 5 | 959 |
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Where Shepherd is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years