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Girl name

Shahidah

100% girls · last recorded 2005

Shahidah has been given to about 227 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1978, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 219
Median age today46 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shahidah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1978 · 31
  • Born in 20250
  • All time227

How popular is Shahidah?

Its best year was 1978, when 31 babies were given the name, ranking 2729th. The typical living American called Shahidah is about 46 years old today.

Names that sound like Shahidah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sariah0.72
  2. Khadijah0.72
  3. Saniyah0.72
  4. Sariyah0.72
  5. Samiyah0.72
  6. Zariah0.69
  7. Zariyah0.69
  8. Zaniyah0.69

Middle names for Shahidah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shahidah Eve0.82
  2. Shahidah Anne0.80
  3. Shahidah Rose0.79
  4. Shahidah Louise0.79
  5. Shahidah June0.78
  6. Shahidah Pearl0.78

Sibling names for Shahidah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jaimeeither · 0.59
  2. Jeremybrother · 0.56
  3. Jamieeither · 0.55
  4. Jasonbrother · 0.53
  5. Aprilsister · 0.53
  6. Aishasister · 0.51

Where Shahidah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shahidah White0.74
    2. Shahidah Reyes0.74
    3. Shahidah Nguyen0.74
    4. Shahidah Moore0.74
    5. Shahidah Lee0.74
    6. Shahidah Green0.74

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shahidah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.