Shafter — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shafter

The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Shafter between 1898 and 1942, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shafter currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1898, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shafter performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shafter shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shafter in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shafter 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 119 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.