Shahad
Shahad is a town in the Thane district in Maharashtra state in India. It is located 60 km from Mumbai. Shahad's Pin code is 421103 and postal head office is Shahad.
Meaning & Origin of Shahad
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shahad is a town in the Thane district in Maharashtra state in India. It is located 60 km from Mumbai. Shahad's Pin code is 421103 and postal head office is Shahad.
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The Story of Shahad
Shahad first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 22 Shahads were born — ranking #5,796 that year. As of 2026, Shahad ranks #11,069 for baby girls with 8 births, falling sharply (-41%). In total, more than 264 Shahads have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Shahad
Shahad is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 264 births in the dataset. Shahad's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #5,796. Use the chart and map above to compare Shahad'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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