Shafer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shafer

The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Shafer between 1990 and 2018, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shafer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shafer performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shafer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shafer 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 125 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.