Shahadah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shahadah

The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Shahadah between 1997 and 2013, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shahadah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahadah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shahadah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shahadah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shahadah 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 43 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.