Given name & surname

Shaher

Shaher is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Shaher isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shaher through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2016
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Shaher in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2016–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 161 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Shaher, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Thamer

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Carper

Carper is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Rekker

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ryeker

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Safwaan

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Rykker

11Very rareCooling

>99% boys

Latin · Modern

Carpenter

“one who makes carriages”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ashaad

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Shaher’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Shaher

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