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Shadow Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Shadow?

In 2018 the rare name Shadow, ranked the 8,005th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Shadow would be a striking name choice.

Its highest popularity ranking of #2201 was reached in 1993 with 36 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Shadow was less than 5, most recently in 1986.

Shadow, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1986-1990.

Sometimes the name Shadow has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Shadow has been moving downward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Shadow lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shadow?

Shadow's popularity is at a low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shadow is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Shadow (Girl)Shadow (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 8 12,236 10 8,005
2017 12 9,229 19 5,066
2016 8 12,676 7 10,537
2015 10 10,733 11 7,430
2014 6 16,180 14 6,246
2013 < 5 -- 14 6,186
2012 < 5 -- 5 13,869
2011 8 13,160 17 5,387
2010 7 14,703 7 10,563
2009 8 13,480 8 9,706
2008 11 10,669 10 8,197
2007 6 17,254 10 8,062
2006 7 14,872 17 5,261
2005 12 9,352 8 8,954
2004 14 8,164 6 11,120
2003 10 10,303 8 8,487
2002 6 15,071 9 7,527
2001 9 10,863 7 9,063
2000 13 7,955 17 4,531
1999 11 8,696 16 4,501
1998 19 5,546 19 3,822
1997 22 4,790 25 3,053
1996 19 5,249 21 3,377
1995 22 4,652 27 2,750
1994 24 4,354 30 2,551
1993 22 4,645 36 2,201
1992 22 4,656 26 2,732
1991 20 4,966 28 2,534
1990 19 5,019 30 2,363
1989 22 4,338 26 2,532
1988 17 5,017 13 3,873
1987 10 7,236 6 6,810
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.