Boys' name · since 1972
Shahram
90 babies named Shahram in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,108 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,392 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
90 babies have been named Shahram since 1972, making it today's #8392 boys' name.
Shahram has 90 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8392 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of boys, 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 1972 to 2025.
- #18,108 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,392 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 90 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahram ranks #18,108 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,392 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 90 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,108 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,392 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shahram's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shahram compares
90 24th 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
Shahram's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shahram | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 90 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shahram's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shahram splits its recorded history at 1986: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shahram popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Shahram by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (29 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Shahram's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Shahram births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 29 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Shahram's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shahram: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Shahram 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.