Unisex name · since 1989
Shaddai
Shaddai has 320 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,399 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 320
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shaddai currently ranks #4603 among unisex names in America, with 320 babies recorded since 1989.
Shaddai has 320 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4603 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #15,399 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,603 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 320 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaddai ranks #15,399 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,603 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 320 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,399 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 320
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shaddai's 320 recorded births place it above 78.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Shaddai compares
320 46th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shaddai's all-time total is 15% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shaddai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 320 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shaddai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaddai's full recorded timeline at 2013, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shaddai popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Shaddai popularity over time - boys
127 total births recorded since 2000 (Shaddai as boys' name)
Shaddai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (144 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Shaddai's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Shaddai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s
2020s
144 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 144 births (45% of all-time use).
Shaddai by state
Where Shaddai concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
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- Texas records the most Shaddais (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1989–2025 (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 Shaddai 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.