Shaheen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sha-HEEN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Shaheen is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “royal falcon”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Shaheen mean?
Persian: also used in Urdu
“royal falcon”
Persian for a falcon, used as a symbol of courage and freedom in the poetry of Muhammad Iqbal.
Is Shaheen a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaheen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaheen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Shaheen, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Shaheen of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Shaheen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2000, 70% of the babies named Shaheen in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Shaheen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shaheen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 183% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Shaheen, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Shaheen in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaheen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Shaheen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ahmed Hamza Abdullah Umar Ibrahim Mustafa Amir Zayaan Zayan Khalid
Names related to Shaheen
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), 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, “Shaheen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaheen, updated 20 October 2026.