Names / Unisex names
Shadow
Current rank
#6,091
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,202
in 1993
First recorded
1974
in U.S. data
Children named
1,100
since 1974
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,202 in 1993 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Shadow first shows up in American naming records in 1974, where it reads as a unisex name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 1,100 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.