Shah
#7,851 most common boys' name of all time · #19,736 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among boys
#7,851
Rank overall
#19,736 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
440
Since 2016
116
Peak year
2009 #4,497
Best rank
#3,802 1977
Girls
Boys
peak 22/yr
Shah first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,910 |
| 2024 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,984 |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,319 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,408 |
| 2021 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,146 |
| 2020 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,389 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,002 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,290 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,337 |
| 2016 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,769 |
| 2015 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,181 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,222 |
| 2013 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,491 |
| 2012 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,085 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,063 |
| 2009 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,497 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,001 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,264 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,018 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,363 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,672 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,537 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,671 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,245 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,884 |
| 1997 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,107 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,022 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,704 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,988 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,386 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,695 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,712 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,447 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,408 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,999 |
| 1979 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #4,322 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,925 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,802 |
| 1976 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,972 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,733 |