Boys' name · since 1883
Shed
87 babies named Shed in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,332 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 1883
- 1930s
- peak decade
Shed is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 87 have been recorded since 1883.
Shed has 87 recorded births among boys since 1883, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1883 to 1958.
- #18,332 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 87 born since 1883
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shed ranks #18,332 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1883, peaking in the 1930s.
- #18,332 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 1883
- 1930s
- peak decade
Shed's 87 recorded births place it above 59.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shed's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1883, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1914 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shed popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1883–1958
- Peak year (1914)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Shed by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (23 births, 26% of the file).
1930s was Shed's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Shed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
15 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 23 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Shed's decade-level peak was the 1930s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shed: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~75 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, 1883–1958 (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 Shed 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.