Shabab — boys' name
17 babies named Shabab in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
17 boys have been named Shabab since 1995, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 17
- total births
- 1995–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shabab was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shabab in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shabab
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Shabab between 1995 and 1999, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shabab currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shabab performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shabab in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shabab in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 17 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shabab at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shabab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1995
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
17 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6 births in a single year.
Shabab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Shabab's all-time total
Shabab decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shabab's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Shabab by state
Where Shabab concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 64.7% |
11 of 17 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 64.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 64.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.