Shoaib

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shoaib: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #297 in 1999, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#297highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#845
1998	#780
1999	#297
2000	#356
2001	#559
2002	#458
2003	#633
2004	#790
2005	#827
2006	#984
2007	#883
2008	#1596
2009	#1749
2010	#2400
2011	#1688
2012	#1756
2013	#1404
2014	#3362
2015	#2150
2016	#2175
2017	#1923
2018	#2445
2019	#3937
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#3048
2023	#2546
2024	#5119

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year 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 #898 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #297 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shoaib 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 Shoaib in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	146	4 of 10	37
2000sbusiest	316	10 of 10	32
2010s	100	10 of 10	10
2020s	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births rose by 72, from 20 to 92.

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

Shoaib 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: #297 in England and Wales in 1999.

Shoaib'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#883	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#827	28	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#790	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#633	35	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#458	48	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#559	34	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#356	67	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#297	92	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#845	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #297, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 92 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
92births registered in its largest year, 199950 to 99 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.

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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.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eryn · #297, 29y
Sameer · #297, 29y
Teigan · #297, 29y
Aela · #296, 23y

Shoaib was ranked #297 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Shoaib 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 Shoaib without appearing here.

Shoaib moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Brent Compare
In 1998 they stood at #780 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #297 and #1027.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1998 they stood at #780 and #669 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #297 and #621.
Graeme Compare
In 1996 they stood at #898 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #845 and #874.

Moved ahead of Shoaib

Lars Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1404 and #1706 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1421.
Marius Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1404 and #2055 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1486.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Hans Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Shoaib

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shoaib went from #898 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shoaib went from #898 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shoaib went from #898 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shoaib went from #898 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Shoaib

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shoaib went from #898 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shoaib went from #898 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shoaib went from #898 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shoaib went from #898 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #297 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shoaib

Shoaib at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shoaib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shoaib appears in

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Shoaib at a glance

Shoaib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shoaib and the names beside it

Shoaib moved ahead of

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