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.

Shed

#16,349 most common boys' name of all time · #42,725 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–1958

Rank among boys
#16,349
Rank overall
#42,725 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
87
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1914 #2,498
Best rank
#1,027 1883
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
190019201940

Shed first appears in 1883. 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
1958 — 5 5 #4,008
1938 — 5 5 #3,595
1937 — 6 6 #3,232
1936 — 6 6 #3,204
1932 — 6 6 #3,411
1925 — 7 7 #3,440
1921 — 5 5 #4,370
1920 — 5 5 #4,340
1916 — 8 8 #2,964
1915 — 6 6 #3,437
1914 — 8 8 #2,498
1905 — 5 5 #1,321
1888 — 5 5 #1,127
1887 — 5 5 #1,031
1883 — 5 5 #1,027