How popular is the name Shad?

Shad ranks 1,522nd among boys' names in US records, with 5,093 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 144.

Is Shad a unisex name?

No. Shad is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1971, when 429 children were given the name. It has been in use for 84 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Shadd, Schad. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,522 of boy names

Pronounced SH AE1 D (ARPABET)

Shad is a boys' name, and first appears in 1940. It has been given to 5,093 children — the 1,522nd most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 144 births across the past decade, against a peak of 429 in a single year. That peak was in 1971.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Shadd and Schad — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Shad and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Shad?: Shad ranks 1,522nd among boys' names in US records, with 5,093 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 144.
Is Shad a unisex name?: No. Shad is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Shad most popular?: 1971, when 429 children were given the name. It has been in use for 84 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Shad spelled?: Shadd, Schad. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.