Girls' name · since 1984
Shaza
Shaza has 51 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
51 girls have been named Shaza since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shaza has 51 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2011.
- #34,880 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaza ranks #34,880 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaza's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shaza's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shaza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2011
- Peak year (2002)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shaza by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (36 births, 71% of the file).
2000s was Shaza's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Shaza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Shaza's decade-level peak was the 2000s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1984–2011 (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 Shaza 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.