boys:
418 births since 1994
#4168 (9th percentile)
overall:
418 births since 1994
#7321 (5th percentile)
The name Shaheer is the #7,321 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 418 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 5.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,168 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 418 births since 1994.
Shaheer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (first recorded for boys in 1994).
For boys, Shaheer reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #856) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Despite a low point around 2016, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Shaheer ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 52.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaheer".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shaheer. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.2% confident that Shaheer is pronounced as shuh-HEAR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-HIHR, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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