Shepard

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Shepard is ranked 940th among boys in 2024 (244 births). Its best rank was 916th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #940up 14 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2440.01% of boys
Peak year: 2022253 births
Best rank: #916in 2022
Since 1912: 3,445people given the name

Babies named Shepard, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

3,445 boys have been named Shepard in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 253 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 37%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Shepard
1910s	72
1920s	114
1930s	83
1940s	96
1950s	94
1960s	63
1970s	43
1980s	30
1990s	38
2000s	326
2010s	1,276
2020s	1,210

In 2022, its biggest year

Shepard was the 916th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Shepard

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.