Shahbaz — #12834 US boys' name
58 babies named Shahbaz in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Shahbaz was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shahbaz in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shahbaz
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Shahbaz between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shahbaz currently holds the #12834 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahbaz performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shahbaz shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shahbaz 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 58 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.
Shahbaz at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shahbaz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (1995)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #12834 among boys.
58 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 10 births in a single year.
Shahbaz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 23 births that decade — 40% of Shahbaz's all-time total
Shahbaz decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shahbaz's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1989–2024 (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.