Shafer Popularity by Year
Follow Shafer across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shafer birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Boys | 6 | #10,760 | Up 1,425 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 2,476 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 7 | #9,709 | Up 1,099 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 6 | #10,808 | Up 1,423 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 5 | #12,231 | Down 1,237 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 6 | #10,994 | Down 1,123 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 7 | #9,871 | Up 1,050 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 6 | #10,921 | Up 1,134 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 3,128 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 7 | #8,927 | Up 1,967 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 338 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 5 | #10,556 | Down 2,347 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Up 495 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 6 | #8,704 | Down 225 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 6 | #8,479 | Up 389 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 3,759 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 11 | #5,109 | Up 1,119 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 8 | #6,228 | Up 2,008 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 5 | #8,236 | Down 1,821 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 7 | #6,415 | — |