Shepherd — #311 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shepherd

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,370 babies named Shepherd between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shepherd currently holds the #311 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,094 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shepherd performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,521 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Shepherd shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 850 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Shepherd in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shepherd 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 6,370 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.