Shedrick — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shedrick

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,675 babies named Shedrick between 1886 and 2023, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shedrick currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 84 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shedrick performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 643 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Shedrick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 326 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shedrick in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shedrick 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 2,675 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.