Shepard
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning sheep herder; variant spelling of Shepherd.
Babies a year
225
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#892
up from #940
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
How Shepard has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2017 | #926 |
| 2018 | #963 |
| 2020 | #921 |
| 2021 | #963 |
| 2022 | #914 |
| 2023 | #954 |
| 2024 | #940 |
| 2025 | #892 |
Shepard by the numbers
Shepard was given to 225 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shepard. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Shepard, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shepard
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