Shepard Boy
How popular is Shepard?
#891 boy name in 2025
268 baby boys were named Shepard in the US in 2025, making it the 891st most popular boy name.
Shepard popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #891 for boys (▲ 51 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 268 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+131% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,453 in 2015, #920 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (268 boys) |
| Highest rank | #891 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shepard counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shepard family of names ranked #757 for boys in 2025 (#819 the year before), with 308 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shepard | 268 | 87% |
| Sheppard | 40 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shepard is most popular
Babies named Shepard per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.5 per 1,000 (58 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.4 per 1,000 (71 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.4 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 boys)
Shepard by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 72 | #1,745 |
| 1920s | 114 | #1,940 |
| 1930s | 83 | #1,770 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,573 |
| 1950s | 94 | #2,185 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,204 |
| 1970s | 43 | #4,010 |
| 1980s | 30 | #4,959 |
| 1990s | 38 | #7,553 |
| 2000s | 326 | #2,049 |
| 2010s | 1,276 | #925 |
| 2020s | 1,479 | #891 |
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Questions
- Is Shepard a boy or girl name?
- Shepard is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shepard were boys.
- How popular is the name Shepard?
- 268 baby boys were named Shepard in the US in 2025, making it the 891st most popular boy name.
- When was Shepard most popular?
- Shepard peaked in 2025, when 268 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #891 in 2025.
- How many people are named Shepard?
- 3,719 babies have been named Shepard in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,349 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Shepard most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shepard was most common in Alabama, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.