Boys' name · since 1997
Shehab
Shehab has 70 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,853 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 70
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
70 boys have been named Shehab since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shehab has 70 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2022.
- #19,853 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 70 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shehab ranks #19,853 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,853 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 70
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shehab's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shehab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shehab's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shehab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2022
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shehab by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Shehab's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Shehab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Shehab's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- 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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Similar record span (~25 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, 1997–2022 (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 Shehab 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.