Shahzaib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shah-ZAIB
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Shahzaib is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “adornment of kings”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Shahzaib mean?
Persian: from shah 'king' + zeb 'adornment'
“adornment of kings”
Is Shahzaib a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahzaib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahzaib in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Shahzaib, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shahzaib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014. 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.
Shahzaib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Shahzaib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Shahzaib, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had more boys named Shahzaib than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shahzaib in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shahzaib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Nicknames for Shahzaib
- Shah 31 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Shahzaib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Musa, Suhaib, Ahmed, Abdullah, Sahib, Musab, Zohaib, Saif, Zayd, Umar
Names related to Shahzaib
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, “Shahzaib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahzaib, updated 20 October 2026.