Shaddai
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- shuh-DYE
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Shaddai is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “almighty”. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Shaddai mean?
Hebrew: from El Shaddai, a biblical name of God
“almighty”
El Shaddai is the name by which God appears to Abraham in Genesis, traditionally translated 'God Almighty'.
Is Shaddai a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shaddai has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Shaddai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 189% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Shaddai, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989. 19 boys were also named Shaddai in 2025 (5,044th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Shaddai in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61% of the babies named Shaddai in the US were girls.
Shaddai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Names like Shaddai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salem, Raya, Safa, Sarai, Selah, Sariyah, Siya, Hadassah, Saanvi, Sama, Sarahi, Navi
Names related to Shaddai
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shaddai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaddai, updated 20 October 2026.