Sheppard
#3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 716since 1880
Sheppard over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sheppard has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,036 | 40 |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #3,177 | 38 |
| 2022 | #3,617 | 31 |
| 2021 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
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| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sheppard was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 299 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,036)
- 1,239 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #3,036)
- 2,963 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #3,036)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #909 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1880
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,098
- Highest: 1 in 22,098 boys born in 1880 were named Sheppard (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 27.2% of all boys named Sheppard (195) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 36 | #2,732 (1917) | #3,127 |
| 1920s | 51 | #2,641 (1924) | #3,472 |
| 1930s | 30 | #2,609 (1939) | #3,275 |
| 1940s | 40 | #2,453 (1949) | #3,154 |
| 1950s | 74 | #2,251 (1952) | #2,993 |
| 1960s | 26 | #3,077 (1960) | #3,493 |
| 1970s | 24 | #4,441 (1972) | #4,876 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,721 (1986) | #6,721 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,971 (1996) | #7,971 |
| 2000s | 60 | #7,096 (2005) | #9,309 |
| 2010s | 164 | #3,426 (2019) | #6,099 |
| 2020s | 195 | #3,036 (2025) | #3,542 |
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.
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