Shade
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 57.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,156since 1880
Shade over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | — | #5,075 | 19 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,936 | 19 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,804 | 19 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 | #2,449 | 33 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #2,493 | 41 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Shade was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Shade
- 1,751 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #7,194)
- 1,214 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,194)
- 2,787 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1891 (#994 → #841)
- Biggest drop: 20 spots in 1892 (#841 → #861)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #682 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1890–1892
- Highest: 1 in 13,811 boys born in 1880 were named Shade (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.4% of all boys named Shade (224) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2003, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #682 (1880) | #755 |
| 1890s | 18 | #841 (1891) | #899 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,200 |
| 1910s | 72 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,271 |
| 1920s | 66 | #2,048 (1928) | #3,119 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,609 (1930) | #3,140 |
| 1940s | 28 | #2,996 (1945) | #3,268 |
| 1950s | 13 | #2,875 (1952) | #3,278 |
| 1960s | 31 | #2,900 (1961) | #3,649 |
| 1970s | 45 | #3,857 (1978) | #4,280 |
| 1980s | 84 | #2,912 (1983) | #4,705 |
| 1990s | 224 | #2,449 (1997) | #3,375 |
| 2000s | 208 | #3,687 (2007) | #4,284 |
| 2010s | 191 | #3,894 (2012) | #4,973 |
| 2020s | 94 | #4,936 (2021) | #5,796 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shade in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 30,662 of them was named Shade, which outranked 86.0% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,195Sharee60
- #2,195Stevi60
- #2,195Tabetha60
- #2,217Shade59
- #2,217Alisia59
- #2,217Ashante59
- #2,217Cassi59
- #2,241Carmela58
- #2,241Cinthya58
- #2,241Davida58
Tied with 23 names at #2,217; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 67,632 of them was named Shade, which outranked 75.3% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,455Wylie30
- #2,455Yovani30
- #2,455Yuri30
- #2,509Shade29
- #2,509Aditya29
- #2,509Anas29
- #2,509Andra29
- #2,577Abimael28
- #2,577Alonte28
- #2,577Amilcar28
Tied with 67 names at #2,509; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.