Girl · #9,750 in 2026

Scheherazade

Name: Popularity of the name Scheherazade in U.S. births, 1880–2026
Creator: U.S. Social Security Administration
License: https://www.ssa.gov/foia/
Keywords: Scheherazade, baby name, popularity, U.S., SSA, rankings

Sheherazade is the legendary narrator and central framing character of One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African folktales compiled in Arabic between roughly the 8th and 14th centuries.

Literature

Current Rank

#9,750

Peak Rank

#5,146 (1968)

Total Babies

5-Yr Trend

Stable

1948

First Year

1978

Last Year

1968

Peak Year

#5146

Peak Rank

Total Count

Years Active

Meaning & Origin of Scheherazade

What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.

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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)

Literature

Origin & history

Scheherazade and the sultan by Iranian painter Sani al Mulk (1849–1856) Marie-Éléonore Godefroid , Scheherazade and Shahryar , c. 1842 The earliest references to a work resembling Alf Layla wa-Layla appear in Arabic sources from the ninth century, which describe a collection of stories translated from a Middle Persian original known as Hazār Afsān (“A Thousand Stories”). No complete manuscript from this period survives, and the earliest extant Arabic manuscripts are fragmentary, dating from the ninth and tenth centuries. These early texts already employ a female storyteller as a framing device

The Story of Scheherazade

Scheherazade first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1948, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1968: 8 births, good for #5,146 nationwide. About 63% of every Scheherazade on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Scheherazade last appeared in the published SSA data in 1978, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 48 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.

Popularity Over Time

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Variants & Related Forms of Scheherazade

Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Scheherazade. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.

Sheherazade

Names that sound like Scheherazade

Phonetically similar names — useful when Scheherazade is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Scheherazade

What does the name Scheherazade mean?

What is the origin of the name Scheherazade?

Scheherazade has roots in the following cultural and linguistic traditions: Literature.

How popular is Scheherazade in 2026?

In 2026, Scheherazade ranks #9,750 among girls' names in the U.S., with 5 babies given the name that year.

When was Scheherazade most popular?

Scheherazade reached its peak popularity in 1968, ranking #5,146 that year with 8 babies given the name.

Is Scheherazade a unisex name?

In U.S. Social Security records, Scheherazade is primarily a girl's name. We don't have meaningful data for it as a boy's name.

What names go well with Scheherazade?

Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Scheherazade include Verina, Doritha, Bozena. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data.

What are nicknames or variants of Scheherazade?

Common variants and related forms of Scheherazade include Sheherazade. These cover foreign-language equivalents, alternate spellings, and short forms.

About the name Scheherazade

Scheherazade is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 48 births in the dataset. Scheherazade's peak popularity came in 1968 when it ranked #5,146. Use the chart and map above to compare Scheherazade's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.

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Data sources

Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .

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