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.

Shepard

#2,139 most common boys' name of all time · #5,117 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#2,139
Rank overall
#5,117 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
3,719
Since 2016
2,314
Peak year
2025 #891
Best rank
#891 2025
Girls Boys peak 268/yr
192019401960198020002020

Shepard first appears in 1912. 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 — 268 268 #891
2024 — 244 244 #944
2023 — 238 238 #950
2022 — 253 253 #916
2021 — 233 233 #964
2020 — 243 243 #921
2019 — 202 202 #1,030
2018 — 215 215 #968
2017 — 228 228 #925
2016 — 190 190 #1,044
2015 — 116 116 #1,454
2014 — 80 80 #1,847
2013 5 59 64 #2,208
2012 — 65 65 #2,092
2011 — 57 57 #2,264
2010 — 64 64 #2,106
2009 — 67 67 #2,056
2008 — 60 60 #2,211
2007 — 31 31 #3,456
2006 — 44 44 #2,670
2005 — 31 31 #3,257
2004 — 20 20 #4,281
2003 — 37 37 #2,686
2002 — 15 15 #4,949
2001 — 15 15 #4,921
2000 — 6 6 #9,209
1999 — 5 5 #10,038
1998 — 7 7 #7,653
1997 — 5 5 #9,367
1996 — 6 6 #8,059
1995 — 5 5 #8,994
1994 — 5 5 #8,908
1990 — 5 5 #8,275
1989 — 5 5 #8,039
1985 — 7 7 #5,254
1983 — 6 6 #5,621
1982 — 5 5 #6,525
1981 — 7 7 #5,071
1979 — 6 6 #5,482
1977 — 8 8 #4,243
1976 — 8 8 #4,101
1975 — 5 5 #5,608
1973 — 5 5 #5,233
1972 — 6 6 #4,559
1970 — 5 5 #4,888
1969 — 6 6 #4,053
1966 — 5 5 #4,103
1965 — 9 9 #2,864
1964 — 14 14 #2,251
1962 — 8 8 #3,141
1961 — 12 12 #2,479
1960 — 9 9 #2,956
1959 — 7 7 #3,399
1958 — 12 12 #2,438
1957 — 10 10 #2,712
1956 — 8 8 #3,072
1955 — 10 10 #2,653
1954 — 7 7 #3,293
1953 — 13 13 #2,246
1952 — 8 8 #2,983
1951 — 12 12 #2,312
1950 — 7 7 #3,148
1949 — 8 8 #2,909
1948 — 8 8 #2,885
1947 — 15 15 #2,036
1946 — 6 6 #3,302
1945 — 6 6 #3,142
1944 — 8 8 #2,739
1943 — 10 10 #2,495
1942 — 5 5 #3,718
1941 — 11 11 #2,287
1940 — 19 19 #1,615
1939 — 8 8 #2,719
1938 — 10 10 #2,417
1937 — 6 6 #3,316
1936 — 9 9 #2,552
1934 — 12 12 #2,216
1932 — 7 7 #3,212
1931 — 17 17 #1,822
1930 — 14 14 #2,148
1929 — 8 8 #3,100
1928 — 9 9 #2,965
1927 — 12 12 #2,475
1926 — 11 11 #2,661
1925 — 13 13 #2,392
1924 — 10 10 #2,915
1923 — 17 17 #2,006
1922 — 5 5 #4,455
1921 — 14 14 #2,347
1920 — 15 15 #2,203
1919 — 13 13 #2,343
1918 — 15 15 #2,139
1917 — 15 15 #2,064
1915 — 12 12 #2,268
1914 — 8 8 #2,563
1912 — 9 9 #1,881