girls:
143 births since 1971
#5573 (2nd percentile)
boys:
549 births since 1972
#4037 (12th percentile)
overall:
692 births since 1971
#7047 (9th percentile)
The name Shaheen is the #7,047 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 692 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 8.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,037 (11.9% percentile) for all time with 549 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,573 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 143 births since 1971.
Shaheen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Shaheen is available in 48 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 19 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 Shaheen has been given predominantly to boys, with 79.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Shaheen were boys. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for girls (57.5% girls from 1971 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.6% boys from 1982 to 2023).
For boys, Shaheen reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #751) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shaheen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #894 (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million.
For girls, Shaheen reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #816) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1997.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaheen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shaheen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.8% confident that Shaheen is pronounced as shuh-HEEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shah-HEEN, at 26.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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