Shaida — girls' name
67 babies named Shaida in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
67 girls have been named Shaida since 1979, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2005.
- 67
- total births
- 1979–2005
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Shaida was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shaida in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaida
The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Shaida between 1979 and 2005, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaida performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaida 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 67 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.
Shaida at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
67 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 10 births in a single year.
Shaida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 26 births that decade — 39% of Shaida's all-time total
Shaida decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaida's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–2005 (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.