Boys' name · since 1972
Shafton
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Shafton, peaking in 1972. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,954 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shafton sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 12 recorded since 1972.
Shafton has 12 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1974.
- #32,954 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 12 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shafton ranks #32,954 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #32,954 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shafton's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shafton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shafton's full recorded timeline at 1974, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 6 recorded births.
Shafton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1974
- Peak year (1972)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Shafton by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Shafton's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shafton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shafton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shafton draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.