How Many People Are Named Shafer?
people named Shafer are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,801,515 people in the US has this name
Based on 125 babies named Shafer in Social Security records from 1990 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
11 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shafer in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shafer alive today is about 22 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shafer first appears in the records in 1990 and was given most often in 1994, to 11 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1990 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Shafer has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #5,388, in 1994.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #5,388 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,286 in the 1990s |
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