Shahbaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shah-BAAZ
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Shahbaz is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “royal falcon”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Shahbaz mean?
Persian: from shah 'king' + baz 'falcon'
“royal falcon”
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar is a revered Sufi saint whose shrine stands at Sehwan Sharif in Sindh.
Is Shahbaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahbaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahbaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 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, 5 boys in the UK were named Shahbaz, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 14 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shahbaz than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Shahbaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Shahbaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
Names like Shahbaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan, Saif, Samir, Shah, Hamza, Saeed, Fawaz, Suhaib, Usman, Fahad, Sabir, Salim
Names related to Shahbaz
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shahbaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahbaz, updated 20 October 2026.