Shade
Shade was the 7595th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 737th; the most babies were born in 1997 (33). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,070 places. More babies were named Shade in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,595 boys, down 1,360 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- 12% girls, 88% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199733 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,025babies recorded
Shade popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,675 | #7,595 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | #14,846 | #6,235 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | #11,123 | #4,650 | 10 | 21 |
| 2000 | #3,717 | #3,892 | 35 | 21 |
| 1990 | #3,212 | #4,937 | 35 | 11 |
| 1980 | — | #6,120 | — | 6 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | #4,124 | — | 5 |
| 1940 | — | #3,869 | — | 5 |
| 1930 | — | #2,762 | — | 10 |
| 1920 | — | #4,877 | — | 5 |
| 1910 | — | #1,560 | — | 6 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | #1,138 | — | 5 |
| 1880 | — | #737 | — | 8 |
How popular is Shade, counting every spelling?
Shade has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Shade?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shade (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Shade born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shade.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shade?
About 900 people born in the US named Shade are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 13 and 33. That makes Shade mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Shade
How popular is the name Shade?
Shade was the 7595th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 737th; the most babies were born in 1997 (33). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,070 places. More babies were named Shade in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Shade a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 12% girls, 88% boys given the name Shade in the US.