Shah

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 19% girls / 81% boys

Shah first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 55 babies (rank #505 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Shah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Shah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,009

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	42	#457
1997	47	#437
1998	31	#598
1999	49	#449
2000	38	#525
2001	44	#481
2002	46	#479
2003	42	#554
2004	50	#529
2005	55	#505
2006	46	#623
2007	39	#727
2008	41	#726
2009	28	#964
2010	36	#828
2011	42	#753
2012	27	#1,046
2013	33	#903
2014	22	#1,214
2015	35	#883
2016	27	#1,072