Shafter is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1890s and has all but disappeared.
Shafter is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1942. Shafter was first reported in SSA data in 1898 and peaked in 1898 (14 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,490 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,079 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,357 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,255 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #2,942 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,648 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,707 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,740 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,364 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #4,858 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,245 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #4,881 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,354 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,283 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,292 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,038 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | #604 |