Shazil
#11,779 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Shazil has been given to 92 babies in the U.S. since 2010. In 2025 it ranked #11,779 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 12 recorded.
Babies named Shazil, 2025
1 in 553,000
Shazil over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Shazil?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 285,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #11,779
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Shazil sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shazil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Shazils were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Shazil was born before 2018 — so the typical Shazil is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 53.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 92
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 53.3% of all recorded uses (49).
Is Shazil 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
- −4,583
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,948
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 50.0%
- Peak was 2018 (12)
- Years since peak
- 7
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 45.2% average annual change
Spellings of Shazil
Shazil is not the most common spelling — Khalil is, with 55.4% against Shazil's 0.20%.
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.
Shazil around the world
Where Shazil 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 & Wales2000–2025#1,705in 2025
- Canada2012–2018#2,536in 2018
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Shazil by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Shazil
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Shazil
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.