girls:
247 births since 1975
#5469 (4th percentile)
boys:
703 births since 1975
#3884 (15th percentile)
overall:
950 births since 1975
#6789 (12th percentile)
The name Shadi is the #6,789 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 950 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 12.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,884 (15.3% percentile) for all time with 703 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,469 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 247 births since 1975.
Shadi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 . Birth data for Shadi is available in 47 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 30 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shadi has been given predominantly to boys, with 74.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Shadi were boys.
For boys, Shadi reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #665) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shadi ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 26.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shadi reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #835) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shadi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shadi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.8% confident that Shadi is pronounced as SHAH-dee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-DEE, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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