Shah — #5952 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shah

The Social Security Administration has registered 418 babies named Shah between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shah currently holds the #5952 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Shah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shah 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 418 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.