Shahad

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shahad: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shahad: Recorded since 2000, it reached #1,722 in 2003, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#1722highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#2416
2002	#2868
2003	#1722
2004	#2278
2005	#2247
2006	#3116
2007	#3667
2008	#2487
2009	#3422
2010	#2843
2011	#3549
2012	#2969
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#3615
2016	#3214
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2019	#4686
2020	#2615
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #2416 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #1722 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shahad by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shahad in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	65	9 of 10	7
2010s	60	10 of 10	6
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shahad appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1722 in England and Wales in 2003.

Shahad's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,722, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Donya · #1722, 28y
Habeebah · #1722, 26y
Janey · #1722, 22y
Alonso · #1723, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Alonso · #1723, 20y
Avraj · #1723, 14y
Bode · #1724, 18y
Dashiell · #1724, 22y

Shahad and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shahad without appearing here.

Shahad moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4686 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Tracey Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #3985 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #4535.
Kari Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4686 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Shahad

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1785.
Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #809.

Moved the opposite way to Shahad

Ada Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shahad went from #2416 to #4843 while Ada went from #1831 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shahad went from #2416 to #4843 while Alma went from #2416 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shahad went from #2416 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3912 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shahad went from #2416 to #4843 while Amelia went from #35 to #2.

Moved the same way as Shahad

Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shahad went from #2416 to #4843 and Abigail from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shahad went from #2416 to #4843 and Aimee from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shahad went from #2416 to #4843 and Aisling from #443 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shahad went from #2416 to #4843 and Alex from #186 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1722 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shahad

Shahad at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shahad by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shahad appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Shahad and the names beside it

Shahad moved ahead of

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Shahad at a glance

Shahad by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shahad appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Shahad and the names beside it

Shahad moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shahad

Moved the opposite way to Shahad

Moved the same way as Shahad