ESC Name Rank Total Searching... No names found Try searching for: Emma, Liam, Olivia, Noah... 1948 First Year 1978 Last Year 1968 Peak Year #5146 Peak Rank 48 Total Count 8 Years Active 🌍 ## Meaning & Origin of Scheherazade What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures. 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. Source: [Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheherazade) (CC BY-SA 3.0). [Read more → ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheherazade) ### 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 [![Wikipedia thumbnail for Scheherazade](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Scheherazade.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Scheherazade.tif.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheherazade) 📖 ## 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 ## Popularity by State ME WA MT ND MN WI MI NY VT NH MA OR ID SD IA IL IN OH PA NJ CT RI CA NV WY NE MO KY WV VA MD DE DC UT CO KS AR TN NC SC AK AZ NM OK LA MS AL GA HI TX FL Top 10 11-50 51-100 101-500 500+ No data 🔗 ## 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. * Sheherazade * [Shahrazad](/shahrazad) * [Shahzad](/shahzad) * Shirazi * [Sherrod](/sherrod) * [Shahrzad](/shahrzad) * Generated * Separated * Generosity Source: [Datamuse ](https://www.datamuse.com/api/). Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated. ❓ ## Frequently Asked Questions about Scheherazade What does the name Scheherazade mean? 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. 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. ## Similar Names [👧VerinaPeak #5146](/verina)[👧DorithaPeak #5146](/doritha)[👧BozenaPeak #5146](/bozena)[👧SherrinePeak #5146](/sherrine)[👧CarlindaPeak #5146](/carlinda)[👧CherinePeak #5146](/cherine)[👧TereciaPeak #5146](/terecia)[👧TonilynnPeak #5146](/tonilynn) ## 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. ### Continue exploring * [ Top names of 1968 → ](/year/1968) * [ Names of the 1960s → ](/decade/1960s) * [ Names starting with "S" → ](/letter/s) * [ Browse all girl names → ](/names/girls) * [ Top names of 2026 → ](/year/2026) Data sources * Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. [Social Security Administration ](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/). 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 ](https://www.behindthename.com/) (used under their public API terms). * Meaning prose and editorial summary — [Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/) article extracts, licensed under [CC BY-SA 3.0 ](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). * Predicted nationality distribution — [Nationalize.io ](https://nationalize.io/). * Phonetically similar names — [Datamuse ](https://www.datamuse.com/api/). Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.