Shaheen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shaheen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shaheen: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,543, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1543highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2006

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1543
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2001	#2466
2002	#4137
2006	#4157

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2006
Highest recorded position: #1543 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2006).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shaheen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 78 births with the name.

Shaheen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shaheen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2459 (2014)	#3688 (2024)	19 of 29	78 (1996–2024)	8 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1543 (1997)	#4157 (2006)	8 of 11	43 (1996–2006)	11 (1997)

Shaheen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shaheen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	4 of 10	3
2000s	25	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	30	6 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shaheen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1543 in England and Wales in 1997.

Shaheen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,543, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
11births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Shahmeer · #727, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aamira · #1545, 23y
Amatullah · #1541, 26y
Bareera · #1541, 18y
Clarence · #1545, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Emmanuelle · #1543, 27y
Aamira · #1545, 23y
Amatullah · #1541, 26y
Ambar · #1541, 29y

Shaheen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shaheen without appearing here.

Shaheen moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3865 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Shaheen

Audrey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1543 and #1666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1319.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1543 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1392.
Ida Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1543 and #2738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2165.
Kari Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1543 and #2738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2165.

Moved the same way as Shaheen

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaheen went from #2863 to #4991 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaheen went from #2863 to #4991 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaheen went from #2859 to #4991 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaheen went from #2863 to #4789 and Tor from #2020 to #3990.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1543 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shaheen

Shaheen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shaheen across 2 official records

Shaheen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaheen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shaheen and the names beside it

Shaheen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shaheen

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Shaheen at a glance

Shaheen across 2 official records

Shaheen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaheen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shaheen and the names beside it

Shaheen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shaheen

Moved the same way as Shaheen