Girls' name · since 1985
Shadai
283 babies named Shadai in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,424 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 283
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shadai is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 283 have been recorded since 1985.
Shadai has 283 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1985 to 2014.
- #16,424 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 283 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shadai ranks #16,424 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 283 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,424 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 283
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shadai's 283 recorded births place it above 77.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shadai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shadai splits its recorded history at 1998: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shadai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2014
- Peak year (1993)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Shadai by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (129 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Shadai's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Shadai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
129 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 129 births (46% of all-time use).
Shadai by state
Where Shadai concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
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- Shadai's decade-level peak was the 1990s (129 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shadais (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shadai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1985–2014 (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 Shadai 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.