Girls' name · since 1948
Scheherazade
Scheherazade has 48 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,545 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
48 girls have been named Scheherazade since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Scheherazade recorded 48 times among girls since 1948, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1978.
- #35,545 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1948
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Scheherazade ranks #35,545 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1948, peaking in the 1970s.
- #35,545 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Scheherazade's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Scheherazade's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Scheherazade's full recorded timeline at 1971, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Scheherazade popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1978
- Peak year (1968)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Scheherazade by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (30 births, 63% of the file).
1970s was Scheherazade's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Scheherazade births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 30 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Scheherazade: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1948–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Scheherazade draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.