Shad
Shad is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 402nd, in 1972.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1971406 births
- Best rank
- #402in 1972
- Since 1940
- 4,822people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,822 boys have been named Shad in the United States since 1940, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 406 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 406 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 54%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1971, its biggest year
Shad was the 403rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1971 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Shad
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Torianopeak 1972
- Jameypeak 1976
- Shonpeak 1971
- Darrickpeak 1971
- Chadpeak 1972
- Demondpeak 1974
- Chadwickpeak 1975
- Rahsaanpeak 1973
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.