How Many People Are Named Shepherd?
people named Shepherd are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 45,480 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,815 babies named Shepherd in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,416 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shepherd (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shepherd alive today is about 6 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 7 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shepherd first appears in the records in 1886, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,416 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shepherd has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #246, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #246.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #246 |
| Best rank | #246 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #390 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shepherd alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shepherd were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,044 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shepherd was given 3.3 times as often in Alabama, 2.9 times in Oklahoma and 2.8 times in Tennessee.
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