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How popular is “Sheppard” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sheppard” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sheppard” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sheppard” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sheppard” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sheppard” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sheppard” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sheppard” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%
2016 23 0.000006269 23 -100%
2017 20 0.000005593 20 -100%
2018 25 0.000007111 25 -100%
2019 33 0.000009508 33 -100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 -100%
2021 28 0.000008265 28 -100%
2022 31 0.000009163 31 -100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 -100%
2024 35 0.000010515 35 -100%

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