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Shaheen

#4,679 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Alternate transcription of Shahin

Shaheen has been given to 735 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #4,679 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 23 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Shaheen, 2025

1 in 151,000

Shaheen 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Shaheen over time

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

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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.

Shaheen: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Shahin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shaheen means

Shaheen is a alternate transcription of Shahin.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Shaheen → Shahin. The family’s meaning is “hawk, falcon”, recorded in Albanian with the source elements shahin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shahin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 592 boys were recorded with the name Shaheen between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1990; its best national rank was #2,692 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,565 in 2020 to #4,679 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,435 in 2015 to #4,679 in 2025.

In the United States, 143 girls were recorded with the name Shaheen between 1971 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1984; its best national rank was #5,815 in 1984.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Shaheen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 77,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,679
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shaheen 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 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shaheen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shaheens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shaheen was born before 1998 — so the typical Shaheen is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
26.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
43.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
592
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 26.2% of all recorded uses (155).

Is Shaheen 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
+171
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,886
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,756
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
95.7%
Peak was 1990 (23)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,692
1985

Spellings of Shaheen

Shaheen is not the most common spelling — Shareef is, with 21.7% against Shaheen's 10.7%.

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 Shaheen is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shaheen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 677,231 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Shaheen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shaheen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shaheen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,668,796 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. Shaheen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shaheen around the world

Where Shaheen 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
    1996–2025
    #1,466
    in 2025
  • France
    2006–2025
    #2,946
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2010–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1998–1998
    #534
    in 1998

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.

Shaheen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,679
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,886
Best rank ever
#2,692
1985
Peak year
1990
23 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
592
Count in 2025
22

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,815
1984
Peak year
1984
12 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
1997
All-time count
143
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Shaheen

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

ShaheemShayaanShaheerShakeemShaydenSharvilShaheedShareefShadowShahidShadrachShauryaShahzadShaquanShariffSharrodSharbelShahinShahanShakirShandonShaddaiSharodShakeen

Sibling names for Shaheen

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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