Shepherd Popularity by Year
Follow Shepherd across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shepherd 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 | 1,408 | #246 | Up 64 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 8 | #10,917 | Down 1,361 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 1,099 | #310 | Up 95 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 10 | #9,556 | Up 2,687 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 789 | #405 | Up 86 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 619 | #491 | Up 35 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 7 | #12,243 | Up 4,521 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 558 | #526 | Up 68 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 463 | #594 | Up 30 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 434 | #624 | Up 92 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 339 | #716 | Up 74 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 293 | #790 | Up 57 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 265 | #847 | Up 258 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 174 | #1,105 | Up 48 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 164 | #1,153 | Up 483 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 93 | #1,636 | Down 85 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 102 | #1,551 | Down 18 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 103 | #1,533 | Up 25 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | — |
| 2010 | Boys | 102 | #1,558 | Up 432 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 70 | #1,990 | Up 114 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 65 | #2,104 | Up 1,146 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 34 | #3,250 | Down 369 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 39 | #2,881 | Up 291 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 32 | #3,172 | Up 4,364 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 9 | #7,536 | Down 2,920 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 17 | #4,616 | Up 2,439 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 9 | #7,055 | Up 2,188 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 6 | #9,243 | Down 1,827 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 8 | #7,416 | Down 277 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 8 | #7,139 | Down 1,980 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 12 | #5,159 | Up 941 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 9 | #6,100 | Up 1,036 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Down 1,635 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 10 | #5,501 | Up 3,299 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | Down 1,622 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 1,563 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 8 | #5,615 | Down 612 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 7 | #5,003 | Up 1,053 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 284 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Down 1,190 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 7 | #4,582 | Down 923 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 9 | #3,659 | Down 289 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Down 749 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 13 | #2,621 | Up 974 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 7 | #3,595 | Down 488 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 8 | #3,107 | Down 121 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 8 | #2,986 | Down 369 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 10 | #2,617 | Up 984 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 6 | #3,601 | Up 447 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 5 | #4,048 | Down 1,342 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 10 | #2,706 | Up 959 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 6 | #3,665 | Down 46 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 6 | #3,619 | Down 60 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 931 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 10 | #2,628 | Up 136 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 9 | #2,764 | Down 172 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 10 | #2,592 | Up 1,206 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 5 | #3,798 | Down 1,118 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 9 | #2,680 | Down 227 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 10 | #2,453 | Up 863 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 6 | #3,316 | Up 417 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 5 | #3,733 | Down 1,849 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 15 | #1,884 | Up 1,112 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 6 | #2,996 | Down 134 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 7 | #2,862 | Up 676 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 5 | #3,538 | Down 33 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 5 | #3,505 | Down 46 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 5 | #3,459 | Down 284 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 6 | #3,175 | Up 374 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 5 | #3,549 | Down 188 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 6 | #3,361 | Down 339 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 8 | #3,022 | Down 256 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 9 | #2,766 | Up 146 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 9 | #2,912 | Down 346 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 11 | #2,566 | Up 189 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 10 | #2,755 | Up 750 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 7 | #3,505 | Down 733 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 10 | #2,772 | Up 480 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 8 | #3,252 | Down 1,100 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 15 | #2,152 | Up 450 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 11 | #2,602 | Up 63 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 10 | #2,665 | Down 122 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 11 | #2,543 | Up 413 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 8 | #2,956 | Down 226 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 9 | #2,730 | Up 662 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 6 | #3,392 | Down 741 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 7 | #2,651 | Up 170 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 5 | #2,821 | Down 277 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 5 | #2,544 | Down 1,513 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 5 | #1,031 | Down 212 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 6 | #819 | Up 140 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 5 | #959 | — |