Shahidah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shahidah

The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Shahidah between 1976 and 2005, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shahidah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahidah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shahidah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Shahidah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shahidah 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 227 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.