Shadow**
#4,515 most common boys' name of all time · #11,104 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1974–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,515
Rank overall
#11,104 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
1,104
Since 2016
221
Peak year
1993 #2,195
Best rank
#2,195 1993
Girls
Boys
peak 58/yr
Shadow first appears in 1974. 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 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,962 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #6,283 |
| 2023 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #7,028 |
| 2022 | 13 | 18 | 31 | #5,285 |
| 2021 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #5,413 |
| 2020 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,100 |
| 2019 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #5,905 |
| 2018 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #7,780 |
| 2017 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #4,989 |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #9,953 |
| 2015 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #7,192 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #6,101 |
| 2013 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,716 |
| 2011 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #5,078 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #9,983 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #9,238 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #7,911 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #7,787 |
| 2006 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #5,188 |
| 2005 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #8,573 |
| 2004 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #10,368 |
| 2003 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #8,125 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #7,294 |
| 2001 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #8,620 |
| 2000 | 13 | 17 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 1999 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | 38 | #3,794 |
| 1997 | 22 | 25 | 47 | #3,034 |
| 1996 | 19 | 21 | 40 | #3,357 |
| 1995 | 22 | 27 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1994 | 24 | 30 | 54 | #2,538 |
| 1993 | 22 | 36 | 58 | #2,195 |
| 1992 | 22 | 26 | 48 | #2,729 |
| 1991 | 20 | 28 | 48 | #2,528 |
| 1990 | 19 | 30 | 49 | #2,354 |
| 1989 | 22 | 26 | 48 | #2,532 |
| 1988 | 17 | 13 | 30 | #3,860 |
| 1987 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #6,555 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |