Shahan — #6580 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shahan

The Social Security Administration has registered 305 babies named Shahan between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shahan currently holds the #6580 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shahan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shahan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shahan 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 305 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.