Shields Popularity by Year
Follow Shields across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shields 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Boys | 5 | #4,033 | Down 473 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 5 | #3,560 | Down 26 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 5 | #3,534 | Down 245 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 7 | #3,289 | Up 670 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 5 | #3,959 | Down 179 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 6 | #3,780 | Down 757 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 9 | #3,023 | Up 799 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 6 | #3,822 | Down 707 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 8 | #3,115 | Down 19 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 8 | #3,096 | Down 140 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 8 | #2,956 | Up 560 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 6 | #3,516 | Down 1,058 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 10 | #2,458 | — |