How Many People Are Named Shadow?
An estimated 1,064 people in the United States have the first name Shadow. It is used for both genders, with 54.9% male. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Shadow peaked in popularity in 1993 with 58 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Shadow as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Shadow paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Shadow is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
Estimated Living Americans
1,064
About 1 in 322,138 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
54.9% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
1993
58 births
Total Registered
1,089
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Shadow
Shadow is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (54.9%) and females (45.1%). Out of 1,089 total births registered, 598 were male and 491 were female.
Shadow as a male name
Ranked #6,393 in 2024
14 male births in 2024
Peak: 1993 (36 births)
Shadow as a female name
Ranked #14,956 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 1994 (24 births)
Shadow: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Shadow span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 458 babies were registered. Shadow has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Shadow by Decade
How has Shadow tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Shadow by State
Shadow + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Shadow as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Shadow
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Shadow: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shadow?
We estimate approximately 1,064 people named Shadow are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 322,138 Americans share this first name.
Is Shadow a common name?
Shadow is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,089 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Shadow most popular?
Shadow reached peak popularity in 1993, when 58 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Shadow is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Shadow a male name?
Shadow is predominantly male. 54.9% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Shadow Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Shadow Smith, Shadow Johnson, Shadow Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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