Shepherd
#1,343 most common boys' name of all time · #3,227 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1886–2025
Rank among boys
#1,343
Rank overall
#3,227 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
7,815
Since 2016
6,292
Peak year
2025 #246
Best rank
#246 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,416/yr
Shepherd first appears in 1886. 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 | 8 | 1,408 | 1,416 | #246 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1,099 | 1,109 | #310 |
| 2023 | — | 789 | 789 | #405 |
| 2022 | 7 | 619 | 626 | #492 |
| 2021 | — | 558 | 558 | #526 |
| 2020 | — | 463 | 463 | #595 |
| 2019 | — | 434 | 434 | #625 |
| 2018 | — | 339 | 339 | #716 |
| 2017 | — | 293 | 293 | #790 |
| 2016 | — | 265 | 265 | #847 |
| 2015 | — | 174 | 174 | #1,105 |
| 2014 | — | 164 | 164 | #1,153 |
| 2013 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,551 |
| 2011 | 5 | 103 | 108 | #1,533 |
| 2010 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,560 |
| 2009 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,992 |
| 2008 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,106 |
| 2007 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,251 |
| 2006 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,883 |
| 2005 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,176 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,572 |
| 2003 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,627 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,090 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,292 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,457 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,179 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,182 |
| 1997 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,138 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,190 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,529 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,856 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,239 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,671 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,068 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,148 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,835 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,634 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,696 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,414 |
| 1970 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,649 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,643 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1965 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,646 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,666 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,121 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,750 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,716 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,678 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,628 |
| 1956 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,660 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,801 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,874 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,723 |
| 1949 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,487 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,802 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,907 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,060 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,915 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,611 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,581 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,528 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,243 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,636 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,424 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,073 |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,818 |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1926 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1925 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,796 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,564 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,812 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,299 |
| 1921 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,176 |
| 1920 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,640 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,701 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,584 |
| 1917 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,993 |
| 1916 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,771 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,445 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,696 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,900 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,608 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,141 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #916 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,102 |