Shade
Girl · SHAYD · English
Shade is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “shadow; shelter from sun”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Shade mean?
English: English word, from Old English sceadu
“shadow; shelter from sun”
- Say it
- SHAYD
Is Shade a girl's or a boy's name?
Shade is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Shade in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 7 girls.
Shade in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Shade in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Shade, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 33 boys. 6 girls were also named Shade in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Shade than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Shade in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1985, 85% of the babies named Shade in the US were girls. By 2012 it was 16%, with more boys than girls since 2005.
Shade in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 7 | #765 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
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