Shadow
Shadow was the 6091st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 2202nd with 36 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,347 places. More babies were named Shadow in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,091 boys, up 145 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15boys
- Girls and boys
- 32% girls, 68% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199336 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,104babies recorded
Shadow popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #6,091 | — | 15 |
| 2020 | #10,156 | #6,236 | 10 | 14 |
| 2010 | #14,718 | #10,572 | 7 | 7 |
| 2000 | #7,961 | #4,534 | 13 | 17 |
| 1990 | #5,019 | #2,363 | 19 | 30 |
| 1980 | #8,888 | — | 7 | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Shadow, counting every spelling?
Shadow has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Shadow?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shadow (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Shadow 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 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shadow.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shadow?
About 600 people born in the US named Shadow are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 11 and 33. That makes Shadow 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 Shadow
How popular is the name Shadow?
Shadow was the 6091st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 2202nd with 36 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,347 places. More babies were named Shadow in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Shadow a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 32% girls, 68% boys given the name Shadow in the US.