Baby name

Shad

Boy

Short-lived name

Shad peaked in 1971, when 1 baby in 8,454 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 98%, to about 10 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 8239. 53% of all babies named Shad since 1880 were born in the 1970s.

4,831births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 403rank at its peak, in 1971

Where babies named Shad are born

1971

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The darker the blue, the more common Shad is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shad is most common in Utah (12.1 times), Ohio (2) and California (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Chad 240,728
Thad 8,219
Shay 5,024
Saad 2,476
Shai 2,469
Shan 2,224

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