Shahrzad

Girls' name

Alternate transcription of Shahrazad

Shahrzad has been given to 124 babies in the U.S. since 1976. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1979, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Shahrzad, 2001

1 in 748,000

Shahrzad over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Shahrzad: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Shahrazad

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shahrzad means

Shahrzad is a alternate transcription of Shahrazad.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Shahrzad is used in Persian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʃæhɾ.ˈzɒːd/ for Shahrzad.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shahrazad.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 124 girls were recorded with the name Shahrzad between 1976 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1979; its best national rank was #5,686 in 1979.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Shahrzad?

Shahrzad had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2001, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2001: 1 in 748,000; 5 of 3,742,181 births
Among girls only: 1 in 360,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2001: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,778 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Shahrzad sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2001 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 518,778 children born in 2001 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shahrzad. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shahrzads were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shahrzad was born before 1986 — so the typical Shahrzad is around 39 today.

Median birth year: 1986; About 39 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 52.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 96.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 124; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 52.4% of all recorded uses (65).

Is Shahrzad 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1979 (12)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,686; 1979

Where Shahrzad is used

Across 1910–2025, Shahrzad was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,668,796 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

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. Shahrzad has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shahrzad by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,686; 1979
Peak year: 1979; 12 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2001
All-time count: 124
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Shahrzad

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

Shanvika Shahrazad Shambhavi Sharanya Shaanvi Shakthi Shailynn Shantale Shakevia Shantice Shawneen Shawonda Shaquina Shavelle Shamarie Shaneque Shadasia Sharnise Shaquera Shakeita Shanessa Shatonia Shalaine Sharlett

Sibling names for Shahrzad

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

For a sister

Bambi Mellissa Latosha Adria Lani Malissa Lindy Charissa

For a brother

Delvin Leopoldo Jerod Cedrick Reggie Torrey Jed Wilfredo

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