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Shad Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Shad?

In 2018 the rare name Shad, ranked the 5,699th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Shad is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #402 was reached in 1972.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1971 with 406 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Shad was less than 5, most recently in 1957.

Shad, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1960-1971, whereas 1975-1984, and 2004-2007 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Shad has steadily decreased in popularity. however, the number of children named Shad lately has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shad?

Shad's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shad is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Shad has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Shad (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 16 5,699
2017 14 6,272
2016 15 5,997
2015 26 4,056
2014 20 4,834
2013 17 5,345
2012 18 5,205
2011 31 3,495
2010 14 6,308
2009 19 5,070
2008 37 3,151
2007 21 4,611
2006 30 3,512
2005 39 2,796
2004 32 3,140
2003 32 3,032
2002 38 2,593
2001 37 2,608
2000 53 1,962
1999 45 2,131
1998 45 2,091
1997 48 1,926
1996 55 1,722
1995 56 1,644
1994 67 1,450
1993 56 1,615
1992 62 1,486
1991 50 1,671
1990 54 1,558
1989 49 1,639
1988 60 1,335
1987 57 1,313
1986 49 1,433
1985 65 1,166
1984 52 1,289
1983 77 1,013
1982 97 911
1981 102 885
1980 118 812
1979 150 701
1978 181 622
1977 196 605
1976 199 578
1975 261 496
1974 316 445
1973 317 440
1972 381 402
1971 406 403
1970 175 615
1969 96 791
1968 64 909
1967 62 923
1966 47 1,086
1965 41 1,204
1964 30 1,458
1963 20 1,830
1962 10 2,819
1961 11 2,678
1960 7 3,611
1959 10 2,788
1958 6 3,871
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.