Shepherd is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #476 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,416 babies. Shepherd first appears in the data in 1886 and reached its peak in 2025 (1,416 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,416 | #476 |
| 2024 | 1,109 | #603 |
| 2023 | 789 | #803 |
| 2022 | 626 | #1,000 |
| 2021 | 558 | #1,075 |
| 2020 | 463 | #1,214 |
| 2019 | 434 | #1,280 |
| 2018 | 339 | #1,519 |
| 2017 | 293 | #1,697 |
| 2016 | 265 | #1,830 |
| 2015 | 174 | #2,432 |
| 2014 | 164 | #2,517 |
| 2013 | 93 | #3,635 |
| 2012 | 102 | #3,434 |
| 2011 | 108 | #3,313 |
| 2010 | 102 | #3,468 |
| 2009 | 70 | #4,516 |
| 2008 | 65 | #4,795 |
| 2007 | 34 | #7,448 |
| 2006 | 39 | #6,585 |
| 2005 | 32 | #7,238 |
| 2004 | 9 | #17,109 |
| 2003 | 17 | #10,768 |
| 2002 | 9 | #16,393 |
| 2001 | 6 | #21,217 |
| 2000 | 8 | #17,069 |
| 1999 | 8 | #16,425 |
| 1998 | 12 | #12,152 |
| 1997 | 9 | #14,315 |
| 1996 | 7 | #16,540 |
| 1995 | 10 | #12,796 |
| 1994 | 5 | #20,492 |
| 1990 | 6 | #17,231 |
| 1989 | 8 | #13,320 |
| 1982 | 7 | #12,243 |
| 1979 | 5 | #14,962 |
| 1978 | 5 | #14,246 |
| 1977 | 7 | #11,236 |
| 1975 | 9 | #8,979 |
| 1971 | 9 | #8,285 |
| 1970 | 13 | #6,437 |
| 1969 | 7 | #8,793 |
| 1968 | 8 | #7,650 |
| 1966 | 8 | #7,256 |
| 1965 | 10 | #6,343 |
| 1964 | 6 | #8,803 |
| 1963 | 5 | #9,722 |
| 1961 | 10 | #6,422 |
| 1960 | 6 | #8,530 |
| 1959 | 6 | #8,378 |
| 1958 | 6 | #8,212 |
| 1956 | 10 | #6,042 |
| 1955 | 9 | #6,307 |
| 1954 | 10 | #5,853 |
| 1953 | 5 | #8,629 |
| 1952 | 9 | #5,992 |
| 1949 | 10 | #5,417 |
| 1948 | 6 | #7,284 |
| 1947 | 5 | #8,212 |
| 1946 | 15 | #4,108 |
| 1945 | 6 | #6,417 |
| 1944 | 7 | #5,954 |
| 1943 | 5 | #7,440 |
| 1941 | 5 | #7,163 |
| 1940 | 5 | #7,075 |
| 1938 | 6 | #6,364 |
| 1936 | 5 | #6,972 |
| 1932 | 6 | #6,584 |
| 1930 | 8 | #5,794 |
| 1929 | 9 | #5,411 |
| 1927 | 9 | #5,654 |
| 1926 | 11 | #5,032 |
| 1925 | 10 | #5,432 |
| 1924 | 7 | #6,857 |
| 1923 | 10 | #5,468 |
| 1922 | 8 | #6,345 |
| 1921 | 15 | #4,288 |
| 1920 | 11 | #5,129 |
| 1919 | 10 | #5,279 |
| 1918 | 11 | #5,019 |
| 1917 | 8 | #5,783 |
| 1916 | 9 | #5,316 |
| 1915 | 6 | #6,562 |
| 1914 | 7 | #5,114 |
| 1913 | 5 | #5,516 |
| 1912 | 5 | #5,069 |
| 1888 | 5 | #2,322 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,930 |
| 1886 | 5 | #2,217 |