Boys' name · since 1991
Shaad
Shaad has 10 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,579 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaad is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 10 have been recorded since 1991.
Shaad has 10 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2017.
- #35,579 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaad ranks #35,579 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,579 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaad's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaad splits its recorded history at 2017: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births).
Shaad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2017
- Peak year (1991)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2017.
10 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 5 births in a single year.
Shaad by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Shaad's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Shaad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
Shaad decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Shaad's data
- Shaad's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~26 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, 1991–2017 (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 Shaad 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.
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