Shaheed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shah-HEED
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Shaheed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “witness, martyr”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Shaheed mean?
Arabic
“witness, martyr”
Ash-Shahid, the Witness, is one of the ninety-nine names of God in Islam.
Is Shaheed a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaheed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaheed in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 5 boys.
Shaheed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shaheed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Shaheed, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1994, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Shaheed in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaheed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,599 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,161 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 60 | #1,539 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
Names like Shaheed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Hamza Mustafa Khalid Fahad Umar Raheem Fareed Saeed Musa
Names related to Shaheed
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Shaheed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaheed, updated 20 October 2026.