Boys' name · since 1975
Shaheed
1,138 babies named Shaheed in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,731 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,959 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,138
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,138 babies have been named Shaheed since 1975, making it today's #10959 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Shaheed recorded 1,138 times among boys since 1975, holding rank #10959 nationally today, ahead of 21% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #4,731 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,959 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,138 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaheed ranks #4,731 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,959 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,138 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,731 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,959 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,138
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaheed's 1,138 recorded births place it above 89.59% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Shaheed compares
1,138 Top 30% higher than 70% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shaheed's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shaheed | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,138 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 60 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shaheed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaheed splits its recorded history at 2000: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 60 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaheed popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 60
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Shaheed by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (371 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Shaheed's strongest decade.
371 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Shaheed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 137
1970s
137 births
- 1980s
1980s
225 births
- 1990s
1990s
371 births
- 2000s
2000s
238 births
- 2010s 127
2010s
127 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 371 births (33% of all-time use).
How Shaheed compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Shaheed's total volume
Shaheed by state
Where Shaheed concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 143 | 12.6% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 128 | 11.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 91 | 8.0% |
| #4 | California | | 23 | 2.0% |
143 of 1,138 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Shaheed's data
- Shaheed's decade-level peak was the 1990s (371 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Shaheeds (143 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaheed: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Shaheed 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.