Shadow is a unisex name. In 2025 it ranked #12508 for unisex births in the United States, given to 15 babies. Shadow first appears in the data in 1974 and reached its peak in 1993 (58 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #12,508 |
| 2024 | 20 | #10,481 |
| 2023 | 20 | #10,434 |
| 2022 | 31 | #7,834 |
| 2021 | 25 | #8,906 |
| 2020 | 24 | #9,000 |
| 2019 | 22 | #9,751 |
| 2018 | 18 | #11,246 |
| 2017 | 31 | #7,737 |
| 2016 | 15 | #12,928 |
| 2015 | 21 | #10,276 |
| 2014 | 20 | #10,610 |
| 2013 | 14 | #13,625 |
| 2012 | 5 | #27,887 |
| 2011 | 26 | #8,886 |
| 2010 | 14 | #13,881 |
| 2009 | 16 | #12,905 |
| 2008 | 21 | #10,650 |
| 2007 | 16 | #12,843 |
| 2006 | 24 | #9,353 |
| 2005 | 20 | #10,104 |
| 2004 | 20 | #9,928 |
| 2003 | 18 | #10,501 |
| 2002 | 15 | #11,729 |
| 2001 | 16 | #11,082 |
| 2000 | 30 | #6,900 |
| 1999 | 27 | #7,093 |
| 1998 | 38 | #5,435 |
| 1997 | 47 | #4,539 |
| 1996 | 40 | #4,983 |
| 1995 | 49 | #4,255 |
| 1994 | 54 | #3,976 |
| 1993 | 58 | #3,732 |
| 1992 | 48 | #4,259 |
| 1991 | 48 | #4,197 |
| 1990 | 49 | #4,038 |
| 1989 | 48 | #3,939 |
| 1988 | 30 | #5,216 |
| 1987 | 16 | #7,744 |
| 1986 | 5 | #17,362 |
| 1980 | 7 | #12,963 |
| 1979 | 6 | #14,277 |
| 1978 | 6 | #13,633 |
| 1975 | 6 | #12,920 |
| 1974 | 5 | #14,465 |