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.

Shields

#16,297 most common boys' name of all time · #42,561 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1962

Rank among boys
#16,297
Rank overall
#42,561 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
88
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #2,615
Best rank
#2,615 1915
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
192019401960

Shields 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1962 — 5 5 #4,274
1942 — 5 5 #3,823
1938 — 5 5 #3,811
1930 — 7 7 #3,472
1929 — 5 5 #4,258
1927 — 6 6 #4,025
1924 — 9 9 #3,200
1923 — 6 6 #4,055
1919 — 8 8 #3,325
1918 — 8 8 #3,285
1917 — 8 8 #3,158
1916 — 6 6 #3,748
1915 — 10 10 #2,615