Shahzad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shah-ZAHD
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Shahzad is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “prince; born of a king”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Shahzad mean?
Persian: from shah 'king' + zad 'born'
“prince; born of a king”
The related title Shahzada was used for princes at the Mughal and Persian courts.
Is Shahzad a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahzad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahzad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 500% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Shahzad, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shahzad than any year since 2001.
Half of all the boys named Shahzad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Shahzad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shahzad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Shahzad, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most boys named Shahzad of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Shahzad in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shahzad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Shahzad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Hamza, Zayd, Fahad, Ahmed, Zayaan, Ahad, Umar, Abdullah, Zayan, Hammad
Names related to Shahzad
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, “Shahzad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahzad, updated 20 October 2026.