Shahin — #11213 US boys' name
319 babies named Shahin in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Shahin was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Shahin in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shahin
The Social Security Administration has registered 319 babies named Shahin between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shahin currently holds the #11213 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shahin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shahin in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shahin 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 319 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.
Shahin at a glance
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Current rank
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Shahin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (1989)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #11213 among boys.
319 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 19 births in a single year.
Shahin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 120 births that decade — 38% of Shahin's all-time total
Shahin decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shahin's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Shahin by state
Where Shahin concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 60 | 18.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.6% |
60 of 319 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.8% 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, 1978–2024 (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.