Shadman — boys' name
146 babies named Shadman in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
146 boys have been named Shadman since 1992, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2010.
- 146
- total births
- 1992–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Shadman was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Shadman in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shadman
The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Shadman between 1992 and 2010, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shadman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shadman performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shadman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shadman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shadman in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 146 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shadman at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shadman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1992
- Peak year (1997)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
146 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 15 births in a single year.
Shadman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 70 births that decade — 48% of Shadman's all-time total
Shadman decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shadman's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Shadman by state
Where Shadman concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 65 | 44.5% |
65 of 146 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 44.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 44.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.