Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shaheem

#5,627 most common boys' name of all time · #14,020 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#5,627
Rank overall
#14,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
767
Since 2016
108
Peak year
1997 #1,959
Best rank
#1,959 1997
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
198020002020

Shaheem first appears in 1976. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #11,008
2024 — 5 5 #12,761
2023 — 15 15 #6,033
2022 — 12 12 #6,972
2021 — 8 8 #9,078
2020 — 6 6 #10,975
2019 — 13 13 #6,536
2018 — 10 10 #7,801
2017 — 16 16 #5,638
2016 — 17 17 #5,416
2015 — 19 19 #4,960
2014 — 11 11 #7,250
2013 — 7 7 #9,973
2012 — 18 18 #5,121
2011 — 12 12 #6,715
2010 — 25 25 #4,047
2009 — 24 24 #4,216
2008 — 7 7 #10,203
2007 — 20 20 #4,718
2006 — 14 14 #5,913
2005 — 24 24 #3,883
2004 — 15 15 #5,358
2003 — 18 18 #4,532
2002 — 29 29 #3,157
2001 — 34 34 #2,778
2000 — 28 28 #3,124
1999 — 24 24 #3,348
1998 — 24 24 #3,261
1997 — 47 47 #1,959
1996 — 27 27 #2,808
1995 — 31 31 #2,489
1994 — 36 36 #2,250
1993 — 18 18 #3,614
1992 — 12 12 #4,761
1991 — 15 15 #3,947
1990 — 19 19 #3,280
1989 — 14 14 #3,971
1988 — 10 10 #4,688
1987 — 5 5 #7,604
1986 — 9 9 #4,756
1985 — 7 7 #5,609
1984 — 8 8 #4,880
1983 — 5 5 #6,974
1982 — 10 10 #4,203
1981 — 7 7 #5,357
1980 — 6 6 #6,092
1979 — 6 6 #5,919
1977 — 7 7 #5,061
1976 — 7 7 #4,925