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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shahd

Shahd was the 5531st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 3686th with 42 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 566 places. More babies were named Shahd in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#5,531 girls, down 1,097 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
23girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201742 babies
Total since 1880
749babies recorded

Shahd popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#5,53123
2020#4,43431
2010#4,94929
2000#7,09815
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How popular is Shahd, counting every spelling?

Shahd has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Shahd?

23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shahd (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shahd born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shahd.

Chance of another Shahd in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inNew Yorkunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Shahd?

About 700 people born in the US named Shahd are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 7 and 20. That makes Shahd mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shahd by state

How common Shahd was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Michigan (7.4×), New York (3.5×). In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMI0.12New York: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNY0.06Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shahd, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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Questions about the name Shahd

How popular is the name Shahd?

Shahd was the 5531st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 3686th with 42 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 566 places. More babies were named Shahd in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Shahd a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shahd in the US.

Where is Shahd most popular?

In 2021–2025, Shahd was most common in Michigan (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and New York.