Shifa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shifa: Recorded since 1996, it reached #896 in 2018, and it stood at #1,198 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#896highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#2701
1999	#2444
2000	#1688
2001	#1617
2002	#1104
2003	#2191
2004	#1535
2005	#1406
2006	#1502
2007	#1384
2008	#1247
2009	#1596
2010	#1520
2011	#1608
2012	#1809
2013	#1537
2014	#1177
2015	#1324
2016	#1834
2017	#1911
2018	#1343
2019	#1389
2020	#1507
2021	#1505
2022	#2488
2023	#1705
2024	#1198

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1343 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shifa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Shifa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	153	10 of 10	15
2010sbusiest	204	10 of 10	20
2020s	95	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Shifa appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Shifa'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	female	#1198	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1520	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1384	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #896, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 22 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Shifra · #2150, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Deryn · #896, 26y
Joana · #896, 29y
Peaches · #896, 27y
Roya · #896, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aphra · #896, 21y
Caia · #896, 19y
Deryn · #896, 26y
Elisse · #896, 21y

Shifa was ranked #896 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shifa 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 Shifa without appearing here.

Shifa moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1343 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1537 and #4739.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1198 and #3695.
Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Shifa

Harper Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1247 and #1391 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1596 and #1171.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1343 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1389 and #1063.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1507 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1505 and #1286.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1177 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1324 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Shifa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shifa went from #3126 to #1198 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shifa went from #3126 to #1198 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shifa went from #3126 to #1198 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shifa went from #3126 to #1198 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Shifa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shifa went from #3126 to #1198 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shifa went from #3126 to #1198 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shifa went from #3126 to #1198 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shifa went from #3126 to #1198 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shifa

Shifa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shifa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Shifa at a glance

Shifa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shifa moved ahead of

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