Shepard — #939 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shepard

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,445 babies named Shepard between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shepard currently holds the #939 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 253 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shepard performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,276 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Shepard shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 315 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Shepard in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shepard 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 3,445 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.