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.

Shahid

#5,876 most common boys' name of all time · #14,638 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among boys
#5,876
Rank overall
#14,638 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
716
Since 2016
102
Peak year
2000 #3,474
Best rank
#2,547 1979
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
198020002020

Shahid first appears in 1968. 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 — 5 5 #12,316
2024 — 8 8 #9,178
2023 — 8 8 #9,104
2022 — 10 10 #7,892
2021 — 7 7 #9,930
2020 — 11 11 #7,142
2019 — 10 10 #7,779
2018 — 12 12 #6,813
2017 — 20 20 #4,810
2016 — 11 11 #7,276
2015 — 14 14 #6,082
2014 — 9 9 #8,283
2013 — 11 11 #7,153
2012 — 8 8 #9,050
2011 — 13 13 #6,357
2010 — 10 10 #7,717
2009 — 17 17 #5,400
2008 — 9 9 #8,509
2007 — 9 9 #8,369
2006 — 19 19 #4,732
2005 — 19 19 #4,522
2004 — 18 18 #4,681
2003 — 14 14 #5,362
2002 — 18 18 #4,386
2001 — 11 11 #6,155
2000 — 24 24 #3,474
1999 — 13 13 #5,144
1998 — 14 14 #4,729
1997 — 10 10 #5,805
1996 — 14 14 #4,478
1995 — 23 23 #3,057
1994 — 17 17 #3,823
1993 — 19 19 #3,433
1992 — 20 20 #3,278
1991 — 14 14 #4,118
1990 — 15 15 #3,880
1989 — 12 12 #4,396
1988 — 9 9 #4,980
1987 — 7 7 #5,774
1986 — 11 11 #4,031
1985 — 12 12 #3,721
1984 — 10 10 #4,095
1983 — 10 10 #4,030
1982 — 13 13 #3,411
1981 — 14 14 #3,168
1980 — 13 13 #3,370
1979 — 19 19 #2,547
1978 — 10 10 #3,766
1977 — 17 17 #2,650
1976 — 14 14 #2,924
1975 — 9 9 #3,863
1974 — 13 13 #2,920
1973 — 11 11 #3,185
1972 — 7 7 #4,318
1971 — 7 7 #4,300
1969 — 5 5 #4,918
1968 — 9 9 #3,106