Shadow — #6296 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shadow

The Social Security Administration has registered 598 babies named Shadow between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shadow currently holds the #6296 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 36 babies received it in a single year. Shadow is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 491 additional births since 1974.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shadow performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 258 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shadow shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shadow 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 598 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.