Shahara — girls' name
212 babies named Shahara in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
212 girls have been named Shahara since 1957, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2000.
- 212
- total births
- 1957–2000
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Shahara was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Shahara in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shahara
The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Shahara between 1957 and 2000, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shahara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shahara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shahara 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 212 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.
Shahara at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shahara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1957
- Peak year (1978)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
212 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 20 births in a single year.
Shahara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 69 births that decade — 33% of Shahara's all-time total
Shahara decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shahara's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.