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Shahida

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 272

Scotland

#623

1979 births

Shahida is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1970, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1970s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.

Shahida over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

48
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shahida by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 31
1980s 48
1990s 34
2000s 5
2010s 12
2020s (to 2022) 5

How popular is Shahida?

In 2022, Shahida was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shahida is used

Scotland #623 3 in 1979
England & Wales #7,230 3 in 2023
France #7,307 5 in 2024
United States #17,329 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shahida

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shahida over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shahida

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shahida — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shahida

How popular is the name Shahida?

In 2022, Shahida was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shahida a girl's or a boy's name?

Shahida is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shahida most popular?

Shahida peaked in 1970, when 9 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1970s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.