Shade
Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Shade was most popular in 1993, when 88 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,824 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,025 people named Shade.
Shade over time
How old is the name Shade?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Shade is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 92 of the 146 years since.
How many people are named Shade?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,025 American births named Shade between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,731 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Shade in 2025?
17 American babies were named Shade in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.
Is Shade getting more or less popular?
Shade is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 18 births a year, against 23 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -22% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Shade a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Shade is a unisex name — 42.9% of the 2,025 Americans given it were girls and 57.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2005 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 14% girls and 86% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Shade?
Roughly 1,731 Americans named Shade are alive today — 86% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 19 and 36.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Shade is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org