Shihab
The Shihab dynasty is an Arab family whose members served as the paramount tax farmers and Emirs of Mount Lebanon from the early 18th to mid-19th century, during Ottoman rule (1517–1918). Before then, the family had been in control of the Wadi al-Taym region, purportedly as early as the 12th century.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Shihab
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Shihab dynasty is an Arab family whose members served as the paramount tax farmers and Emirs of Mount Lebanon from the early 18th to mid-19th century, during Ottoman rule (1517–1918). Before then, the family had been in control of the Wadi al-Taym region, purportedly as early as the 12th century.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Shihab
Shihab first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 10 births, good for #7,734 nationwide. About 49% of every Shihab on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Shihab last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 94 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shihab
Shihab is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 94 births in the dataset. Shihab's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #7,734. Use the chart and map above to compare Shihab'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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