Shahd
Feminine · “Honey”
Shahd is Arabic for honey — specifically the honey still in the comb, before it is taken out. It is a short, dense name with a consonant cluster English does not use at the end of a word, and it is common across the Levant.
How old is the name Shahd?
Shahd first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Shahd alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 700 people named Shahd are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shahd most popular?
Shahd peaked in 2017, reaching #3627 nationally. Today it ranks #5410, 1,783 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
Where it comes from
From shahd to Shahd
The story of Shahd
The name is modern rather than classical — it does not belong to the early Islamic name stock — and belongs to a group of Arabic girls' names taken from pleasant everyday nouns: Shahd, honey; Rimas, Lujain, silver; Jana, harvest; Judy. These have risen sharply across the Arab world since the 1980s, particularly in the Levant and the Gulf, displacing some of the older religious names in urban naming. American records show Shahd from the 1990s with Arab immigration and a peak in 2017, and it is one of the newer arrivals in the American data.
Meaning
Honey; honey in the comb
From Arabic shahd, honey, and particularly honey still in its comb. The reading is settled and undisputed. The word is used in Arabic poetry as an image of sweetness in both taste and speech, which is most of its warmth as a name.
How the name formed
- shahd
- Shahd
Related forms: شهد · Şehd
Pronouncing Shahd
SHAHD
One syllable, with the h fully sounded between the vowel and the d — a cluster English does not have at the end of a word. American speakers usually drop the h, giving SHAHD as a plain long a.
Nicknames for Shahd
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1992
- Most girls named
- 201742 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3627reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +9.5%23 in 2025, from 21
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shahd in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- شهد in Arabic — transliteration
- Şehd in Turkish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan, California.
Shahds among us
people named Shahd are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 69,881 born in 2025 was named Shahd
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Breannah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shahd's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Breannah climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Breannah's path sketches the road Shahd is walking now.
Shahd sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Shahd beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shahd in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled, concrete and genuinely sweet.
- One syllable and five letters keep it very compact.
- It is instantly recognized across the Arab world.
- The hd cluster does not exist at the end of English words and will be simplified.
- Shahd, Shahad and Shad are all in transliteration use.
- It is unfamiliar to most Americans and will be spelled out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shahds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Shahd are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shahd in 2025?
- Shahd ranks #5410 among US girl names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shahd?
- About 1 in every 69,881 US girls born in 2025 was named Shahd — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shahd with classmates?
- Shahd will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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