Girls' name · since 1957
Shahara
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.
- #19,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 212
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shahara sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 212 recorded since 1957.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahara has been recorded 212 times among girls since 1957, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2000.
- #19,228 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 212 born since 1957
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahara ranks #19,228 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 212 born since 1957, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 212
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shahara's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shahara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shahara's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shahara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2000
- Peak year (1978)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Shahara by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (69 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Shahara's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Shahara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 69 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Shahara's decade-level peak was the 1980s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shahara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
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, 1957–2000 (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 Shahara 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.