Girls' name · since 1979
Shaherah
24 babies named Shaherah in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1979
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shaherah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 24 recorded since 1979.
Shaherah has 24 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1980.
- #43,798 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1979
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaherah ranks #43,798 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1979, peaking in the 1970s.
- #43,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1979
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shaherah's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaherah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaherah splits its recorded history at 1980: 21% of all births land in the more recent half, 79% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaherah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1980
- Peak year (1979)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Shaherah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (19 births, 79% of the file).
1970s was Shaherah's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Shaherah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 19 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Shaherah's decade-level peak was the 1970s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Shaherah: 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 (~1 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, 1979–1980 (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 Shaherah 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.