Shahid

Gender: Boy
Say it: SHAH-hid
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #12,003 for boys

Shahid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “witness”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Shahid mean?

Arabic

“witness”

From the Arabic root meaning to witness, which also gives the word for martyr.

Is Shahid a girl's or a boy's name?

Shahid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Shahid in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 22 boys.

Half of all the boys named Shahid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 22 in 19992023

Shahid in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2023	6	#3,279
2022	0	–
2021	5	#3,614
2020	6	#3,108
2019	3	#4,913
2018	4	#4,169
2017	5	#3,608
2016	6	#3,241
2015	6	#3,149
2014	6	#3,125
2013	10	#2,176
2012	9	#2,382
2011	5	#3,446
2010	9	#2,306
2009	17	#1,451
2008	12	#1,810
2007	6	#2,873
2006	15	#1,423
2005	14	#1,445
2004	7	#2,157
2003	13	#1,328
2002	12	#1,312
2001	13	#1,209
2000	9	#1,503
1999	22	#807
1998	13	#1,112
1997	11	#1,241
1996	17	#897

How popular is Shahid in the US?

Rank in 2025: #12,003among boys
Babies in 2025: 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Shahid, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.

2025 had fewer boys named Shahid than any year since 1970.

Half of all the boys named Shahid in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1968Busiest: 24 in 20002025

Shahid in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	5	#12,003
2024	8	#8,982
2023	8	#8,916
2022	10	#7,762
2021	7	#9,709
2020	11	#7,029
2019	10	#7,638
2018	12	#6,699
2017	20	#4,742
2016	11	#7,152
2015	14	#5,995
2014	9	#8,124
2013	11	#7,021
2012	8	#8,858
2011	13	#6,250
2010	10	#7,585
2009	17	#5,332
2008	9	#8,319
2007	9	#8,169
2006	19	#4,671
2005	19	#4,459
2004	18	#4,597
2003	14	#5,265
2002	18	#4,316
2001	11	#6,006
2000	24	#3,417
1999	13	#5,029
1998	14	#4,645
1997	10	#5,636
1996	14	#4,390
1995	23	#3,015
1994	17	#3,745
1993	19	#3,362
1992	20	#3,213
1991	14	#3,998
1990	15	#3,773
1989	12	#4,265
1988	9	#4,781
1987	7	#5,453
1986	11	#3,878
1985	12	#3,596
1984	10	#3,922
1983	10	#3,882
1982	13	#3,281
1981	14	#3,028
1980	13	#3,255
1979	19	#2,464
1978	10	#3,613
1977	17	#2,555
1976	14	#2,825
1975	9	#3,657
1974	13	#2,797
1973	11	#3,011
1972	7	#3,960
1971	7	#3,961
1970	0	–
1969	5	#4,403
1968	9	#2,906

Names like Shahid

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Khalid Abdullah Fahad Saif Hamid Mustafa Saeed Umar Raheem

Names related to Shahid

Said Shad Shadi Shahed Shaheed Sahid Shade Shady

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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, “Shahid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahid, updated 20 October 2026.