Shepard

Where Shepard comes from

Shepard hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,746 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Shepard Smith born
    American television news anchor for Fox News and CNBC
  3. 1970
    Shepard Fairey born
    American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator
  4. 2025
    Peak, #891
    268 babies named Shepard — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Shepard Fairey · American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator, born 1970
  • Shepard Smith · American television news anchor for Fox News and CNBC, born 1964
  • Shepard Menken · American actor, 1921–1999
  • Shepard Stone · American journalist, 1908–1990
  • Shepard Cary · American politician, 1805–1866

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.