Shahrukh
Shah Rukh or Shahrukh Mirza was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447.
- Urdu
- Hindi
Meaning & Origin of Shahrukh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shah Rukh or Shahrukh Mirza was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Urdu
- Hindi
The Story of Shahrukh
Shahrukh first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1993, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1994: 15 births, good for #4,094 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 92% of all recorded Shahrukhs. 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 64 Shahrukhs 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 Shahrukh
Shahrukh is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 64 births in the dataset. Shahrukh's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #4,094. Use the chart and map above to compare Shahrukh'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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