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.

Shaheen*

#5,781 most common boys' name of all time · #14,396 across all names · 81% male / 19% female · used 1971–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,781
Rank overall
#14,396 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
735
Since 2016
137
Peak year
1989 #3,408
Best rank
#2,689 1985
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
198020002020

Shaheen first appears in 1971. 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 — 22 22 #4,579
2024 — 21 21 #4,760
2023 — 22 22 #4,656
2022 — 12 12 #6,950
2021 — 15 15 #5,848
2020 — 13 13 #6,384
2019 — 10 10 #7,794
2017 — 13 13 #6,435
2016 — 9 9 #8,318
2015 — 11 11 #7,170
2014 — 15 15 #5,829
2013 — 10 10 #7,701
2012 — 6 6 #11,100
2010 — 14 14 #6,125
2009 — 14 14 #6,194
2008 — 7 7 #10,149
2007 — 7 7 #10,055
2006 — 7 7 #9,865
2005 — 9 9 #7,852
2004 — 5 5 #11,776
2001 — 17 17 #4,560
2000 — 12 12 #5,712
1999 — 17 17 #4,264
1998 — 14 14 #4,738
1997 5 18 23 #3,803
1996 — 18 18 #3,758
1995 5 12 17 #4,948
1994 — 10 10 #5,644
1993 — 15 15 #4,128
1992 — 13 13 #4,446
1991 9 15 24 #3,927
1990 — 23 23 #2,839
1989 10 17 27 #3,408
1988 — 12 12 #4,055
1987 8 16 24 #3,167
1986 6 13 19 #3,583
1985 7 19 26 #2,689
1984 12 12 24 #3,629
1983 — 10 10 #4,051
1982 8 13 21 #3,429
1981 10 11 21 #3,792
1980 7 5 12 #6,818
1979 11 10 21 #4,002
1978 7 7 14 #4,882
1977 7 — 7 —
1976 8 10 18 #3,674
1975 6 — 6 —
1974 5 6 11 #5,063
1972 5 5 10 #5,554
1971 7 — 7 —