Unisex name · since 2001
Shahed
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 143 babies named Shahed, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shahed is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 143 have been recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Shahed recorded 143 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2023.
- #23,309 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 143 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahed ranks #23,309 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 143 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shahed's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shahed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shahed's full recorded timeline at 2010, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shahed popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Shahed popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1986 (Shahed as boys' name)
Shahed by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (81 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Shahed's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Shahed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 81 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Shahed's decade-level peak was the 2000s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- 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 Shahed: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 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, 2001–2023 (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 Shahed 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.