Shepard
- Pronunciation
- [She-pard]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Shepherd
- Origin
- English
Shepard Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 3,445 baby boys have been named Shepard. The name peaked in 2022 with 253 US births that year (rank #916). In 2024, ranked #940 nationally.
Top States for Shepard
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Shepard births are: Texas (279), California (188), Tennessee (113).
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7-Letter Names Starting with S
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Quick Facts About Shepard
US Popularity History (2017–2025)
Annual US births named Shepard by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 268 boys named Shepard (boy rank #892 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Shepard Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Shepard the strongest states are Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | #488 | 97 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #512 | 25 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | #552 | 68 |
| 4 | Tennessee | #593 | 113 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #596 | 39 |
| 6 | Kentucky | #655 | 38 |
| 7 | Oregon | #683 | 20 |
| 8 | Louisiana | #691 | 51 |
| 9 | Virginia | #695 | 74 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #699 | 106 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | #909 | 26 |
| 2 | Ohio | #883 | 48 |
| 3 | Texas | #871 | 192 |
| 4 | Colorado | #869 | 37 |
| 5 | Missouri | #759 | 28 |
| 6 | Georgia | #718 | 79 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #699 | 106 |
| 8 | Virginia | #695 | 74 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #691 | 51 |
| 10 | Oregon | #683 | 20 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Shepard in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shephard | Shepherd | Male | Anglo |
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Compare Shepard to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Shepard against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).