Shada — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shada

The Social Security Administration has registered 596 babies named Shada between 1972 and 2015, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shada currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shada performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 211 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shada shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Shada in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shada 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 596 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.