Girls' name · since 1995
Shifa
Shifa has 327 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 327
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shifa currently ranks #6224 among girls' names in America, with 327 babies recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shifa has been recorded 327 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #6224 nationally and more common than 64% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #15,210 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,224 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 327 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shifa ranks #15,210 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,224 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 327 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 327
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shifa's 327 recorded births place it above 78.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Shifa compares
327 47th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Shifa's all-time total is 13% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shifa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 327 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shifa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shifa's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Shifa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (125 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Shifa's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Shifa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s
2010s
105 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 125 births (38% of all-time use).
Shifa by state
Where Shifa concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
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- Shifa's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (125 total births) through the 2020s (78) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Shifas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shifa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1995–2025 (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 Shifa 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.