Shad
Boy · SHAD
Shad is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Shad mean?
Short form of Shadrach, a Babylonian name
Shadrach is one of the three young men saved from Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel.
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Is Shad a girl's or a boy's name?
Shad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Shad, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Shad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Shad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Shad, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 406 boys. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the boys named Shad in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1996 | 55 | #1,702 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,618 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,430 |
| 1993 | 56 | #1,596 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 49 | #1,610 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,325 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,293 |
| 1986 | 49 | #1,418 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,157 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,006 |
| 1982 | 97 | #907 |
| 1981 | 102 | #882 |
| 1980 | 118 | #808 |
| 1979 | 150 | #698 |
| 1978 | 181 | #622 |
| 1977 | 196 | #603 |
| 1976 | 199 | #574 |
| 1975 | 261 | #493 |
| 1974 | 316 | #445 |
| 1973 | 317 | #439 |
| 1972 | 381 | #402 |
| 1971 | 406 | #403 |
| 1970 | 175 | #613 |
| 1969 | 96 | #790 |
| 1968 | 64 | #898 |
| 1967 | 62 | #915 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,189 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
Names like Shad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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