boys:
4.8k births since 1940
#1726 (62nd percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1940
#3925 (49th percentile)
The name Shad is the #3,925 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,822 recorded births since 1940. This represents the 49.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,726 (62.4% percentile) for all time with 4,822 births since 1940.
Shad first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1940 (first recorded for boys in 1940). Birth data for Shad is available in 68 out of the 84 years between 1940 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Shad reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 44.3% percentile (ranked #372) with 223 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 228 births per million (ranked 43.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Shad ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 3.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shad".
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