Shedrick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHED-rik
Shedrick is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shedrick mean?
Probably a variant of Shadrach, a Babylonian name
Shadrach is one of the three young men saved from the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel.
Is Shedrick a girl's or a boy's name?
Shedrick is a boys' name.
How popular is Shedrick in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1973, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Shedrick in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shedrick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 41 | #1,889 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,533 |
| 1982 | 51 | #1,309 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,125 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,206 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 79 | #939 |
| 1975 | 72 | #965 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1973 | 84 | #865 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,129 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,047 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,117 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,198 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,183 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,071 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,340 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,228 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,695 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
Names like Shedrick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Patrick, Frederick, Steven, Michael, Peter, Joseph, Robert, Thomas, Scott, Richard, David, Daniel
Names related to Shedrick
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shedrick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shedrick, updated 20 October 2026.