Shadd

Boy · recorded 1966–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1974best year

Most popular in 1974.

Last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shadd.

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Its story

Popularity since 1966

061119661976198619962006

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 30 recorded years as a table
Shadd, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19663
19703
197110
19729
197311
197411
19754
19765
19779
19785
19793
19804
19814
19824
19833
19843
19863
19874
19883
19893
19903
19912
19934
19944
19965
19973
19993
20013
20023
20063

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shadd isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2006
6
Rank in 2006
#10,662
How rare
1 in 342,545 boys
Since 1966
243

Shadd was last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1974, at 11 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shadd doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.