Shephard Popularity by Year
Follow Shephard across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shephard 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 | 16 | #5,608 | Up 3,379 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 8 | #8,987 | Down 66 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 8 | #8,921 | Up 3,409 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 4,743 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 10 | #7,587 | Up 1,967 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 7 | #9,554 | Up 1,206 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 6 | #10,760 | Down 1,064 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 7 | #9,696 | Up 948 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 6 | #10,644 | Up 393 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Down 7,303 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 5 | #3,734 | — |