Boys' name · since 2006
Sheperd
37 babies named Sheperd in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,390 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,700 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 37
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sheperd is the #6700 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 37 recorded since 2006.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheperd has been recorded 37 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #6700 nationally and more common than 52% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #24,390 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,700 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 37 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheperd ranks #24,390 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,700 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 37 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,390 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,700 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 37
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sheperd's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sheperd compares
37 14th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sheperd's all-time total is 90% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sheperd | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 37 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sheperd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sheperd's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sheperd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Sheperd by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (26 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Sheperd's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Sheperd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 26 births (70% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheperd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Sheperd 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.