Shahid
Shahid also spelled Shaheed is a given name translating to 'Witness' in Arabic and 'Beloved' in Persian, mostly found in South Asia.
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Shahid
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shahid also spelled Shaheed is a given name translating to 'Witness' in Arabic and 'Beloved' in Persian, mostly found in South Asia.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Bengali
The Story of Shahid
American parents first put Shahid on the record books as a baby boy name in 1968, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 24 Shahids were born — ranking #3,423 that year. About 22% of every Shahid on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shahid last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 711 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Shahid
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Names that sound like Shahid
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About the name Shahid
Shahid is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 711 births in the dataset. Shahid's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #3,423. Use the chart and map above to compare Shahid'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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