Shifa — #9828 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shifa

The Social Security Administration has registered 308 babies named Shifa between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shifa currently holds the #9828 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shifa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shifa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shifa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shifa 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 308 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.