Shahriar
Shahriar is a name with a single cultural origin: Persian.
- Persian
Meaning & Origin of Shahriar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shahriar is a name with a single cultural origin: Persian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Persian
The Story of Shahriar
American parents first put Shahriar on the record books as a baby boy name in 1990, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 6 Shahriars were born — ranking #8,479 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 76% of all recorded Shahriars. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2004 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 21 Shahriars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Shahriar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Shahriar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Shahriyar
Names that sound like Shahriar
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About the name Shahriar
Shahriar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Shahriar's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #8,479. Use the chart and map above to compare Shahriar'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.