for boys in 2025
Data through 2025
Shepherd name popularity in the United States
Shepherd ranked #246 for boys in 2025. SSA recorded 1,408 boys named Shepherd.
SSA
1,408 recorded
since 2020
Popularity over time
Shepherd for boys and girls
Girls
80.6% in 2025 · data from 2011 to 2025
Boys
1,40899.4% in 2025 · data from 1886 to 2025
Recent year-by-year data
The latest published years are shown first.
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 1,408 | #246 |
| 2025 | girls | 8 | #10917 |
| 2024 | boys | 1,099 | #310 |
| 2024 | girls | 10 | #9556 |
| 2023 | boys | 789 | #405 |
| 2022 | boys | 619 | #491 |
| 2022 | girls | 7 | #12243 |
| 2021 | boys | 558 | #526 |
| 2020 | boys | 463 | #594 |
| 2019 | boys | 434 | #624 |
| 2018 | boys | 339 | #716 |
| 2017 | boys | 293 | #790 |
Show full history (93 rows)
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 1,408 | #246 |
| 2025 | girls | 8 | #10917 |
| 2024 | boys | 1,099 | #310 |
| 2024 | girls | 10 | #9556 |
| 2023 | boys | 789 | #405 |
| 2022 | boys | 619 | #491 |
| 2022 | girls | 7 | #12243 |
| 2021 | boys | 558 | #526 |
| 2020 | boys | 463 | #594 |
| 2019 | boys | 434 | #624 |
| 2018 | boys | 339 | #716 |
| 2017 | boys | 293 | #790 |
| 2016 | boys | 265 | #847 |
| 2015 | boys | 174 | #1105 |
| 2014 | boys | 164 | #1153 |
| 2013 | boys | 93 | #1636 |
| 2012 | boys | 102 | #1551 |
| 2011 | boys | 103 | #1533 |
| 2011 | girls | 5 | #16764 |
| 2010 | boys | 102 | #1558 |
| 2009 | boys | 70 | #1990 |
| 2008 | boys | 65 | #2104 |
| 2007 | boys | 34 | #3250 |
| 2006 | boys | 39 | #2881 |
| 2005 | boys | 32 | #3172 |
| 2004 | boys | 9 | #7536 |
| 2003 | boys | 17 | #4616 |
| 2002 | boys | 9 | #7055 |
| 2001 | boys | 6 | #9243 |
| 2000 | boys | 8 | #7416 |
| 1999 | boys | 8 | #7139 |
| 1998 | boys | 12 | #5159 |
| 1997 | boys | 9 | #6100 |
| 1996 | boys | 7 | #7136 |
| 1995 | boys | 10 | #5501 |
| 1994 | boys | 5 | #8800 |
| 1990 | boys | 6 | #7178 |
| 1989 | boys | 8 | #5615 |
| 1982 | boys | 7 | #5003 |
| 1979 | boys | 5 | #6056 |
| 1978 | boys | 5 | #5772 |
| 1977 | boys | 7 | #4582 |
| 1975 | boys | 9 | #3659 |
| 1971 | boys | 9 | #3370 |
| 1970 | boys | 13 | #2621 |
| 1969 | boys | 7 | #3595 |
| 1968 | boys | 8 | #3107 |
| 1966 | boys | 8 | #2986 |
| 1965 | boys | 10 | #2617 |
| 1964 | boys | 6 | #3601 |
| 1963 | boys | 5 | #4048 |
| 1961 | boys | 10 | #2706 |
| 1960 | boys | 6 | #3665 |
| 1959 | boys | 6 | #3619 |
| 1958 | boys | 6 | #3559 |
| 1956 | boys | 10 | #2628 |
| 1955 | boys | 9 | #2764 |
| 1954 | boys | 10 | #2592 |
| 1953 | boys | 5 | #3798 |
| 1952 | boys | 9 | #2680 |
| 1949 | boys | 10 | #2453 |
| 1948 | boys | 6 | #3316 |
| 1947 | boys | 5 | #3733 |
| 1946 | boys | 15 | #1884 |
| 1945 | boys | 6 | #2996 |
| 1944 | boys | 7 | #2862 |
| 1943 | boys | 5 | #3538 |
| 1941 | boys | 5 | #3505 |
| 1940 | boys | 5 | #3459 |
| 1938 | boys | 6 | #3175 |
| 1936 | boys | 5 | #3549 |
| 1932 | boys | 6 | #3361 |
| 1930 | boys | 8 | #3022 |
| 1929 | boys | 9 | #2766 |
| 1927 | boys | 9 | #2912 |
| 1926 | boys | 11 | #2566 |
| 1925 | boys | 10 | #2755 |
| 1924 | boys | 7 | #3505 |
| 1923 | boys | 10 | #2772 |
| 1922 | boys | 8 | #3252 |
| 1921 | boys | 15 | #2152 |
| 1920 | boys | 11 | #2602 |
| 1919 | boys | 10 | #2665 |
| 1918 | boys | 11 | #2543 |
| 1917 | boys | 8 | #2956 |
| 1916 | boys | 9 | #2730 |
| 1915 | boys | 6 | #3392 |
| 1914 | boys | 7 | #2651 |
| 1913 | boys | 5 | #2821 |
| 1912 | boys | 5 | #2544 |
| 1888 | boys | 5 | #1031 |
| 1887 | boys | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | boys | 5 | #959 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.