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How popular is the name Shahid?

Births per year, rank history and how many Shahids are alive today.

Shahid (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2023 (ranked 3113th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1999, when 22 babies were given the name, the 750th most popular that year.

The Shahid you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Shahids born in England and Wales are between 14 and 27, and there are at least 260 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shahid - on average, only one in every 1,166 such rooms contains a Shahid.

How many babies are named Shahid each year?

01020200020201996: 171997: 101998: 131999: 222000: 82001: 132002: 122003: 132004: 72005: 142006: 152007: 62008: 122009: 172010: 92011: 52012: 82013: 92014: 62015: 62016: 62017: 52018: 42019: 32020: 62021: 52023: 6actual

Where does Shahid rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 8531997: ranked 1,2571998: ranked 1,0551999: ranked 7502000: ranked 1,5522001: ranked 1,1352002: ranked 1,2532003: ranked 1,2482004: ranked 2,0702005: ranked 1,3772006: ranked 1,3472007: ranked 2,7412008: ranked 1,7062009: ranked 1,3582010: ranked 2,1992011: ranked 3,3002012: ranked 2,4582013: ranked 2,2162014: ranked 2,9642015: ranked 3,0042016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 3,4492018: ranked 3,9592019: ranked 4,7022020: ranked 2,9602021: ranked 3,4512023: ranked 3,113

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Shahid per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2023, peaking at about 22 in 1999
Shahid: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2023. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Shahid most popular?

Shahid peaked in 1999, when 22 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Shahid?

At least 260 people named Shahid born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Shahid?

Most living Shahids are between 14 and 27; the most common age is about 28.

Is Shahid becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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