How Many People Are Named Shahid?
people named Shahid are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 496,059 people in the US has this name
Based on 716 babies named Shahid in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "witness" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الشاهد (al-Shahid) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shahid in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shahid alive today is about 28 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shahid first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 2000, to 24 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shahid has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,546, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #13,582.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,582 |
| Best rank | #2,546 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,977 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shahid alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shahid were born in New York than in any other state: about 53 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shahid was given about 7.6 times as often in New York.
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