Shahrzad — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shahrzad

The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Shahrzad between 1976 and 2001, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shahrzad currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahrzad performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shahrzad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shahrzad in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shahrzad 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 124 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.