Boys' name · since 1977
Shahzad
184 babies named Shahzad in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,484 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,458 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 184
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shahzad currently ranks #4458 among boys' names in America, with 184 babies recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Shahzad recorded 184 times among boys since 1977, holding rank #4458 nationally today, ahead of 68% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #13,484 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,458 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 184 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahzad ranks #13,484 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,458 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 184 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,484 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,458 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 184
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shahzad's 184 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shahzad compares
184 36th 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
Shahzad's all-time total is 50% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shahzad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 184 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shahzad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shahzad's full recorded timeline at 2007, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shahzad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Shahzad by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (71 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Shahzad's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Shahzad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 71 births (39% of all-time use).
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Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Shahzad 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.