Boys' name · since 1976
Shaman
Shaman has 71 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,769 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 71
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaman sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 71 recorded since 1976.
Shaman has 71 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2007.
- #19,769 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 71 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaman ranks #19,769 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,769 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 71
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaman's 71 recorded births place it above 56.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shaman's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shaman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2007
- Peak year (1986)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Shaman by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (28 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Shaman's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Shaman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 28 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Shaman's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2000s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
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, 1976–2007 (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 Shaman 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.