How Many People Are Named Shadrach?
people named Shadrach are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 456,931 people in the US has this name
Based on 785 babies named Shadrach in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "command of Aku" in Akkadian, Aku being the name of the Babylonian god of the moon. In the Old Testament Shadrach is the Babylonian name of Hananiah, one of the three men cast into a fiery furnace but saved by God.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shadrach in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shadrach alive today is about 24 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shadrach first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2008, to 26 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shadrach has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,924, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #8,135.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,135 |
| Best rank | #2,924 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,416 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shadrach alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shadrach were born in New York than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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