Shadi
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Shadi is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Shadi mean?
Arabic
A unisex given name from Arabic or Persian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shadi a girl's or a boy's name?
Shadi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shadi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Shadi, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shadi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Shadi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Shadi, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Shadi in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2000, 27% of the babies named Shadi in the US were girls.
Shadi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
Names like Shadi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Ahmed, Rafi, Amir, Umar, Abdullah, Syed, Mustafa, Khalid, Hadi, Raheem
Names related to Shadi
Shad, Shahid, Shahed, Sahid, Shaddai, Shadow, Shade, Shady, Shayde
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shadi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shadi, updated 20 October 2026.