Given name

Shahrazad

Shahrazad is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Shahrazad 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 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shahrazad through the years

Babies since 1880
11
0 boys · 11 girls
Most popular year
2016
6 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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Shahrazad in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2011–2025, per million girls 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 girls is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

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

ShahrazadShahrazādScheherazade

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Arabic · Modern

Shahina

“resembling a falcon”

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>99% girls

Modern

Shareny

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>99% girls

Modern

Sarahkate

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>99% girls

Modern

Sarinah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aryani

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>99% girls

Modern

Saija

Saija is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Salora

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Amalah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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