Shadow
Mostly boys · SHAD-oh · English
Shadow is a name of English origin, meaning “shade, shadow”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Shadow mean?
English: English word
“shade, shadow”
- Say it
- SHAD-oh
Is Shadow a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shadow has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Shadow in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 boys in the US were named Shadow, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Shadow in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1988, 57% of the babies named Shadow in the US were girls. By 2022 it was 42%, with more boys than girls since 2000.
Shadow in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
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