Boys' name · since 1976
Shaheem
767 babies named Shaheem in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,058 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,972 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 767
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
767 babies have been named Shaheem since 1976, making it today's #10972 boys' name.
Shaheem has 767 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10972 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #6,058 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,972 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 767 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaheem ranks #6,058 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,972 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 767 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,058 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,972 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 767
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaheem's 767 recorded births place it above 86.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Shaheem compares
767 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Shaheem's all-time total is 108% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shaheem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 767 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shaheem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaheem's full recorded timeline at 2001, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shaheem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Shaheem by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (253 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Shaheem's strongest decade.
253 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Shaheem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s 81
1980s
81 births
- 1990s
1990s
253 births
- 2000s
2000s
213 births
- 2010s
2010s
148 births
- 2020s 52
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 253 births (33% of all-time use).
How Shaheem 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 Shaheem's total volume
Shaheem by state
Where Shaheem concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 171 | 22.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 2.2% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.7% |
171 of 767 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Shaheem's data
- Shaheem's decade-level peak was the 1990s (253 total births); usage has since declined to 52 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shaheems (171 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shaheem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Shaheem 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.