Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shadrach

#5,551 most common boys' name of all time · #13,827 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among boys
#5,551
Rank overall
#13,827 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
785
Since 2016
141
Peak year
2008 #3,941
Best rank
#2,876 1994
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
192019401960198020002020

Shadrach first appears in 1916. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,746
2024 — 12 12 #6,878
2023 — 14 14 #6,262
2022 — 16 16 #5,667
2021 — 11 11 #7,139
2020 — 11 11 #7,092
2019 — 16 16 #5,594
2018 — 21 21 #4,629
2017 — 21 21 #4,613
2016 — 9 9 #8,226
2015 — 17 17 #5,316
2014 — 15 15 #5,773
2013 — 17 17 #5,203
2012 — 17 17 #5,299
2011 — 15 15 #5,720
2010 — 17 17 #5,285
2009 — 16 16 #5,576
2008 — 26 26 #3,941
2007 — 19 19 #4,825
2006 — 25 25 #3,909
2005 — 20 20 #4,346
2004 — 22 22 #4,032
2003 — 16 16 #4,846
2002 — 14 14 #5,178
2001 — 18 18 #4,334
2000 — 21 21 #3,795
1999 — 22 22 #3,502
1998 — 14 14 #4,692
1997 — 14 14 #4,504
1996 — 15 15 #4,235
1995 — 14 14 #4,335
1994 — 25 25 #2,876
1993 — 13 13 #4,499
1992 — 7 7 #6,796
1991 — 10 10 #5,189
1990 — 10 10 #5,074
1989 — 8 8 #5,763
1988 — 8 8 #5,332
1987 — 15 15 #3,247
1986 — 8 8 #4,977
1985 — 7 7 #5,303
1984 — 10 10 #4,003
1983 — 12 12 #3,489
1982 — 6 6 #5,802
1981 — 9 9 #4,256
1980 — 12 12 #3,491
1979 — 9 9 #4,170
1978 — 6 6 #5,245
1977 — 13 13 #3,107
1976 — 5 5 #5,820
1975 — 8 8 #4,060
1974 — 11 11 #3,197
1973 — 10 10 #3,335
1972 — 9 9 #3,461
1971 — 10 10 #3,252
1963 — 5 5 #4,324
1959 — 7 7 #3,474
1956 — 7 7 #3,412
1924 — 5 5 #4,712
1916 — 5 5 #4,498