Shepard
Boy · SHEP-erd · English
Shepard is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “sheep herder”. In 2025 it ranked 891st for boys in the US (268 babies).
What does Shepard mean?
English: spelling of the occupational surname Shepherd
“sheep herder”
Alan Shepard became the first American in space in 1961 and later walked on the Moon.
- Say it
- SHEP-erd
Is Shepard a girl's or a boy's name?
Shepard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 268 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shepard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #891among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 268about 1 in 6,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 268 boys in the US were named Shepard, making it the 891st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 920th. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had the most boys named Shepard of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Shepard in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,676 boys in the US were given Shepard or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #235, up from #891 for this spelling alone.
- Shepherd 1,408
- Shepard 268
Shepard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 268 | #891 |
| 2024 | 244 | #942 |
| 2023 | 238 | #949 |
| 2022 | 253 | #913 |
| 2021 | 233 | #963 |
| 2020 | 243 | #920 |
| 2019 | 202 | #1,028 |
| 2018 | 215 | #964 |
| 2017 | 228 | #925 |
| 2016 | 190 | #1,043 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,453 |
| 2014 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,204 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,090 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,099 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
Nicknames for Shepard
- Shep 25 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Shepard
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