How Many People Are Named Shepard?
people named Shepard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 102,484 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,719 babies named Shepard in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
268 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shepard (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shepard alive today is about 11 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shepard first appears in the records in 1912, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 268 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shepard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #892, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #892.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #892 |
| Best rank | #892 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #919 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shepard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shepard were born in Texas than in any other state: about 341 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shepard was given 4.1 times as often in Alabama, 2.9 times in Tennessee and 2.8 times in Oklahoma.
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