Shaheim — boys' name
214 babies named Shaheim in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
214 boys have been named Shaheim since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 214
- total births
- 1994–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Shaheim was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Shaheim in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaheim
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Shaheim between 1994 and 2020, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaheim currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaheim performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaheim shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaheim in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaheim 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 214 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.
Shaheim at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaheim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1994
- Peak year (2001)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
214 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 22 births in a single year.
Shaheim by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 115 births that decade — 54% of Shaheim's all-time total
Shaheim decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shaheim's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Shaheim by state
Where Shaheim concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 33 | 15.4% |
33 of 214 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1994–2020 (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.