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Shadi

#9,571 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Shadi has been given to 966 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #9,571 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1983, with 27 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.

Babies named Shadi, 2025

1 in 414,000

Shadi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shadi over time

In 2025, Shadi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shadi: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Arabic and Persian

What Shadi means

Shadi has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Shadi

One of the source’s documented entries for Shadi records a meaning of singer.

One of the source’s documented entries for Shadi records a meaning of happiness.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Arabic شَادِي (šādī), Iranian Persian شَادی (šâdi).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Shadi (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Shadi is used in English. Its origins include Arabic and Persian.

Shadi comes through fa-ira شَادی.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 719 boys were recorded with the name Shadi between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 1983; its best national rank was #2,007 in 1983.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,951 in 2020 to #9,571 in 2025.

In the United States, 247 girls were recorded with the name Shadi between 1975 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1995; its best national rank was #5,177 in 1995.

How common is Shadi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,571
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shadi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shadi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shadis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shadi was born before 1995 — so the typical Shadi is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
29.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
719
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 29.8% of all recorded uses (214).

Is Shadi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+151
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,620
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
29.6%
Peak was 1983 (27)
Years since peak
42
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,007
1983

Spellings of Shadi

Shadi is not the most common spelling — Shawn is, with 34.4% against Shadi's 0.08%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shadi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shadi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 359,200 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New Jersey1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shadi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shadi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shadi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 552,165 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shadi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shadi around the world

Where Shadi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • France
    1997–2025
    #3,620
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2022
    #2,959
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1983–1992
    #538
    in 1992

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Shadi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,571
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,620
Best rank ever
#2,007
1983
Peak year
1983
27 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
719
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,177
1995
Peak year
1995
19 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
247
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Shadi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Shadi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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