Shade**
#3,110 most common boys' name of all time · #7,548 across all names · 57% male / 43% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,110
Rank overall
#7,548 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
2,025
Since 2016
194
Peak year
1993 #2,517
Best rank
#737 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 88/yr
Shade is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #5,451 |
| 2023 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,080 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,150 |
| 2021 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,938 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #5,987 |
| 2019 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #4,955 |
| 2018 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,742 |
| 2017 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,750 |
| 2016 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,058 |
| 2015 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #4,410 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,645 |
| 2013 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,807 |
| 2012 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #3,897 |
| 2011 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #4,991 |
| 2010 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #4,520 |
| 2009 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2008 | 12 | 26 | 38 | #3,924 |
| 2007 | 10 | 28 | 38 | #3,693 |
| 2006 | 9 | 24 | 33 | #4,004 |
| 2005 | 19 | 21 | 40 | #4,201 |
| 2004 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #5,256 |
| 2003 | 23 | 20 | 43 | #4,123 |
| 2002 | 21 | 17 | 38 | #4,508 |
| 2001 | 32 | 18 | 50 | #4,308 |
| 2000 | 35 | 21 | 56 | #3,769 |
| 1999 | 29 | 28 | 57 | #2,945 |
| 1998 | 33 | 25 | 58 | #3,096 |
| 1997 | 39 | 33 | 72 | #2,455 |
| 1996 | 41 | 24 | 65 | #3,031 |
| 1995 | 36 | 25 | 61 | #2,853 |
| 1994 | 49 | 24 | 73 | #2,951 |
| 1993 | 59 | 29 | 88 | #2,517 |
| 1992 | 37 | 16 | 53 | #3,763 |
| 1991 | 42 | 9 | 51 | #5,535 |
| 1990 | 35 | 11 | 46 | #4,682 |
| 1989 | 44 | 15 | 59 | #3,631 |
| 1988 | 42 | 13 | 55 | #3,715 |
| 1987 | 41 | 8 | 49 | #4,989 |
| 1986 | 61 | 7 | 68 | #5,350 |
| 1985 | 33 | 6 | 39 | #5,803 |
| 1983 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #2,925 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,251 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,300 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,559 |
| 1979 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #4,425 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,873 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,604 |
| 1976 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #4,961 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,986 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,176 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,997 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,652 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,918 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,891 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,017 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,566 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,237 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,488 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,519 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,664 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,198 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,676 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,808 |
| 1931 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1930 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1928 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,063 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,956 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,531 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,487 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,552 |
| 1921 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,072 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,314 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,678 |
| 1918 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1917 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,104 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,195 |
| 1915 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,193 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,125 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,450 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,232 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #899 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #879 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,033 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #850 |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | #798 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #790 |
| 1880 | — | 8 | 8 | #737 |