Boys' name · since 2019
Shahm
Shahm has 39 recorded births since 2019 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,970 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,164 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shahm currently ranks #7164 among boys' names in America, with 39 babies recorded since 2019.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahm has been recorded 39 times among boys since 2019, currently ranked #7164 nationally and more common than 49% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #23,970 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,164 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahm ranks #23,970 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,164 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 39 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,970 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,164 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shahm's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shahm compares
39 14th percentile among 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
Shahm's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shahm | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shahm's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shahm splits its recorded history at 2023: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shahm popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Shahm by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (34 births, 87% of the file).
2020s was Shahm's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Shahm births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 34 births (87% of all-time use).
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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, 2019–2025 (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 Shahm 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.