Sheppard
Boy
Sheppard is a boys' name, meaning “shepherd”. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Sheppard mean?
“shepherd”
A male given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sheppard a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheppard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sheppard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Sheppard, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st.
2025 had the most boys named Sheppard of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Sheppard in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sheppard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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