Shady**
#7,029 most common boys' name of all time · #17,666 across all names · 62% male / 38% female · used 1915–2023 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#7,029
Rank overall
#17,666 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
530
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1994 #3,639
Best rank
#3,146 1916
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Shady first appears in 1915. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,406 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,858 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,345 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,076 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,171 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,042 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,698 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,280 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,587 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #8,745 |
| 2002 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #7,133 |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #6,070 |
| 2000 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #6,923 |
| 1999 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #5,713 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #5,909 |
| 1997 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #5,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #6,594 |
| 1995 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #5,996 |
| 1994 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #3,639 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #5,849 |
| 1992 | 13 | 11 | 24 | #4,944 |
| 1991 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,035 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #5,465 |
| 1989 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #3,671 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,527 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,677 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,090 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1984 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #4,300 |
| 1983 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,038 |
| 1982 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #6,588 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #5,651 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1979 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #3,647 |
| 1978 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #5,230 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,126 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,633 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,146 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,807 |