Shahnaz
Shahnaz is a name with multiple cultural origins: Persian, Arabic, Urdu.
- Persian
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Shahnaz
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shahnaz is a name with multiple cultural origins: Persian, Arabic, Urdu.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Persian
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Shahnaz
American parents first put Shahnaz on the record books as a baby girl name in 1978, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1978, when 7 Shahnazs were born — ranking #7,650 that year. About 27% of every Shahnaz on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shahnaz last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 44 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Shahnaz
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Shahnaz. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Shehnaz
Names that sound like Shahnaz
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About the name Shahnaz
Shahnaz is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 44 births in the dataset. Shahnaz's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #7,650. Use the chart and map above to compare Shahnaz'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 .
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.