Shabazz
Boy · sha-BAZ · Persian
Shabazz is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “royal falcon”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shabazz mean?
Persian: variant of Shahbaz, from shah 'king' + baz 'falcon'
“royal falcon”
Variant of Shahbaz, 'royal falcon'; Malcolm X took the name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz in 1964.
- Say it
- sha-BAZ
Is Shabazz a girl's or a boy's name?
Shabazz is a boys' name.
How popular is Shabazz in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Shabazz in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shabazz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
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