first name
SHAD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,248 people named Shad, 83.9% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shad peaked in 1971, when 406 babies got the name.
At least 4,831 babies have been given the name since 1940. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Shad by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,124. The largest share of babies named Shad, 62.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shad is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shad has been most common in Utah (14×), Montana (5.4×), and Idaho (5.2×), and least common in New York (0.39×).
2,517 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Shad
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shad, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Shad ranks #37,037 of 156,621, with 648 people. See Shad as a last name
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