Shah

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Shah: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #427, and it stood at #800 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#427highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2152
1998	#1571
1999	#1970
2000	#1475
2001	#1439
2002	#2301
2003	#1472
2004	#2278
2005	#1796
2006	#1660
2007	#2085
2008	#2022
2009	#2326
2010	#2589
2011	#5785
2012	#2717
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2016	#3609
2017	#4763
2018	#3518
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2023	#3218
2024	#3695

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 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 #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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #427 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,053 births with the name.

Shah 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.

Shah'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	#454 (1996)	#427 (1997)	#800 (2024)	29 of 29	1,053 (1996–2024)	55 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1439 (2001)	#3695 (2024)	28 of 29	221 (1996–2024)	14 (2003)

Shah 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 Shah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	169	4 of 10	42
2000sbusiest	429	10 of 10	43
2010s	309	10 of 10	31
2020s	146	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 43 births a year.

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

Shah 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: #427 in England and Wales in 1997.

Shah'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#800	41	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#929	33	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1104	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1023	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1030	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#985	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1050	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#873	35	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#743	42	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#811	36	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#944	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#712	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#711	39	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#617	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#502	55	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#523	50	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#546	42	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#468	46	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#473	44	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#515	38	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#440	49	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#585	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#427	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#454	42	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 #427, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

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.

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.

Shaan · #577, 29y
Shae · #303, 29y
Shahad · #1722, 24y
Shahan · #1402, 28y

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.

Adeel · #427, 29y
Zidane · #434, 27y
Lillia · #419, 25y
Sachin · #436, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adeel · #427, 29y
Gianluca · #427, 29y
Konstantin · #427, 23y
Ravi · #427, 30y

Shah was ranked #427 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. 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.

Shah 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 Shah without appearing here.

Shah moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Shah

Marilyn Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2150.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2326 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.

Moved the opposite way to Shah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shah went from #2350 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shah went from #454 to #800 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shah went from #454 to #800 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shah went from #454 to #800 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.

Moved the same way as Shah

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shah went from #454 to #800 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shah went from #2350 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shah went from #454 to #800 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shah went from #2350 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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: #427 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shah

Shah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shah across 2 official records

Shah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shah 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

Names published alongside Shah

Shah and the names beside it

Shah moved ahead of

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Shah at a glance

Shah across 2 official records

Shah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shah

Shah and the names beside it

Shah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shah

Moved the opposite way to Shah

Moved the same way as Shah