Sheppard

Where Sheppard comes from

From Middle English, from schepherde (“shepherd”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sheppard
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #909 among boys with 5 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1916
    Sheppard Frere born
    British historian and archaeologist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Sheppard Frere · British historian and archaeologist, 1916–2015

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.