Shields is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Shields is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1962. Shields first appears in 1915 and peaked in 1915 (10 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,543 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,974 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,964 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,544 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,462 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,146 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | #3,227 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,176 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,345 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,328 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,172 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #3,829 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,593 |