Shadow
Shadow is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199336 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1987
- 1,089people given the name
The story in the numbers
598 boys have been named Shadow in the United States since 1987, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 36 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 43%.
Shadow is used for both sexes: 45% of its bearers are girls (491), most of them born around 1994.
By decade
In 1993, its biggest year
Shadow was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1993 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Shadow
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeanlucpeak 1992
- Rakimpeak 1992
- Stormpeak 1995
- Rakeempeak 1992
- Hakeempeak 1989
- Jazzpeak 1994
- Denzelpeak 1993
- Lavontepeak 1995
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.