Shiraz — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shiraz

The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Shiraz between 1979 and 2013, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shiraz currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Shiraz is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 57 additional births since 1998.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shiraz performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shiraz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shiraz 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 119 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.