Shad
#1,774 most common boys' name of all time · #4,302 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1940–2025
Rank among boys
#1,774
Rank overall
#4,302 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
4,831
Since 2016
107
Peak year
1971 #403
Best rank
#402 1972
Girls
Boys
peak 406/yr
Shad first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,347 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,982 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,121 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,962 |
| 2020 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,117 |
| 2019 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,265 |
| 2018 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,587 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,115 |
| 2016 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,846 |
| 2015 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2014 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,740 |
| 2013 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,215 |
| 2012 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,075 |
| 2011 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,085 |
| 2009 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,960 |
| 2008 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,123 |
| 2007 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,529 |
| 2006 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,472 |
| 2005 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,764 |
| 2004 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,101 |
| 2003 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,002 |
| 2002 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,574 |
| 2001 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,579 |
| 2000 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,951 |
| 1999 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,111 |
| 1998 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,078 |
| 1997 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,920 |
| 1996 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,714 |
| 1995 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,636 |
| 1994 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,442 |
| 1993 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,609 |
| 1992 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,481 |
| 1991 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,667 |
| 1990 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,554 |
| 1989 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,628 |
| 1988 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,336 |
| 1987 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,307 |
| 1986 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,429 |
| 1985 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,164 |
| 1984 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,288 |
| 1983 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,012 |
| 1982 | — | 97 | 97 | #912 |
| 1981 | — | 102 | 102 | #884 |
| 1980 | — | 118 | 118 | #813 |
| 1979 | — | 150 | 150 | #700 |
| 1978 | — | 181 | 181 | #622 |
| 1977 | — | 196 | 196 | #605 |
| 1976 | — | 199 | 199 | #576 |
| 1975 | — | 261 | 261 | #496 |
| 1974 | — | 316 | 316 | #445 |
| 1973 | — | 317 | 317 | #440 |
| 1972 | — | 381 | 381 | #402 |
| 1971 | — | 406 | 406 | #403 |
| 1970 | — | 175 | 175 | #616 |
| 1969 | — | 96 | 96 | #792 |
| 1968 | — | 64 | 64 | #907 |
| 1967 | — | 62 | 62 | #924 |
| 1966 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,086 |
| 1965 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,204 |
| 1964 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,460 |
| 1963 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,831 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,819 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,667 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,585 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,795 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,933 |