Shahad
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAH-had
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Shahad is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “honey”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Shahad mean?
Arabic
“honey”
Is Shahad a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahad is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Shahad, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Shahad than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Shahad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Shahad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Shahad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Shahad, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Shahad in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shahad in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
Names like Shahad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Safaa Hafsa Aaliyah Sumayyah Ayah Hiba Rahma Safiya Nusaybah Ruqayyah
Names related to Shahad
Shahd Shahida Shadia Shahed Shade Shadae Shada Shayda Shadai
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Shahad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahad, updated 20 October 2026.