Sheppard — #3325 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sheppard

The Social Security Administration has registered 676 babies named Sheppard between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sheppard currently holds the #3325 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheppard performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Sheppard shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheppard in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheppard 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 676 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.