Shaheed comes from the Arabic / Islamic tradition, meaning Martyr, person who died for a cause.
◆
How popular is Shaheed?
1994peak year
Today, Shaheed is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #8084), with only about 11 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1994, 60 babies were given the name (ranked #1556 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Shaheed has been declining in recent years. In all, around 1,132 babies have been registered as Shaheed since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Every name has a homeland. Discover strong boy names rooted in cultures from around the world — each with full meanings, origin stories and pronunciation.