Shepard Popularity by Year
Follow Shepard across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shepard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 268 | #891 | Up 51 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 244 | #942 | Up 7 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 238 | #949 | Down 36 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 253 | #913 | Up 50 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 233 | #963 | Down 43 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 243 | #920 | Up 108 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 202 | #1,028 | Down 64 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 215 | #964 | Down 39 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 228 | #925 | Up 118 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 190 | #1,043 | Up 410 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 116 | #1,453 | Up 391 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 80 | #1,844 | Up 361 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 59 | #2,205 | Down 114 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 5 | #16,547 | — |
| 2012 | Boys | 65 | #2,091 | Up 170 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 57 | #2,261 | Down 161 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 64 | #2,100 | Down 50 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 67 | #2,050 | Up 157 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 60 | #2,207 | Up 1,237 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 31 | #3,444 | Down 785 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 44 | #2,659 | Up 582 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 31 | #3,241 | Up 1,023 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 20 | #4,264 | Down 1,590 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 37 | #2,674 | Up 2,245 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 15 | #4,919 | Down 29 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 15 | #4,890 | Up 4,222 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 6 | #9,112 | Up 800 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 2,352 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Up 1,705 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 5 | #9,265 | Down 1,294 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 6 | #7,971 | Up 897 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 68 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | Down 683 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 5 | #8,117 | Down 212 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 2,758 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 7 | #5,147 | Up 337 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 6 | #5,484 | Up 901 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 5 | #6,385 | Down 1,424 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 7 | #4,961 | Up 394 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Down 1,191 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 8 | #4,164 | Down 152 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 8 | #4,012 | Up 1,452 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 5 | #5,464 | Down 363 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 660 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Up 283 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 5 | #4,724 | Down 789 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 6 | #3,935 | Up 13 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 5 | #3,948 | Down 1,168 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 9 | #2,780 | Down 575 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 14 | #2,205 | Up 836 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 8 | #3,041 | Down 632 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 12 | #2,409 | Up 462 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 9 | #2,871 | Up 419 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 7 | #3,290 | Down 920 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 12 | #2,370 | Up 261 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 10 | #2,631 | Up 338 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 8 | #2,969 | Down 411 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 10 | #2,558 | Up 618 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 7 | #3,176 | Down 990 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 13 | #2,186 | Up 689 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 8 | #2,875 | Down 629 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 12 | #2,246 | Up 775 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 7 | #3,021 | Down 219 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 8 | #2,802 | Down 14 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 8 | #2,788 | Down 800 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 15 | #1,988 | Up 1,185 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 6 | #3,173 | Down 177 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 6 | #2,996 | Down 363 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 8 | #2,633 | Down 228 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 10 | #2,405 | Up 1,155 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 5 | #3,560 | Down 1,353 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 11 | #2,207 | Down 634 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 19 | #1,573 | Up 1,036 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 8 | #2,609 | Down 283 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 10 | #2,326 | Up 849 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 6 | #3,175 | Down 723 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 9 | #2,452 | Down 331 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 12 | #2,121 | Up 971 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 7 | #3,092 | Down 1,322 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 17 | #1,770 | Up 309 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 14 | #2,079 | Up 901 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 8 | #2,980 | Down 137 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 9 | #2,843 | Down 435 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 12 | #2,408 | Up 158 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 11 | #2,566 | Down 253 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 13 | #2,313 | Up 509 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 10 | #2,822 | Down 881 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 17 | #1,941 | Up 2,366 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 5 | #4,307 | Down 2,042 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 14 | #2,265 | Down 134 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 15 | #2,131 | Up 134 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 13 | #2,265 | Down 192 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 15 | #2,073 | Down 87 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 15 | #1,986 | Up 198 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 12 | #2,184 | Up 273 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 8 | #2,457 | Down 711 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 9 | #1,746 | — |