Shaikh

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shaikh: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,761, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1761highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1996

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 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 #2020 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: #1761 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (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

Shaikh 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 Shaikh in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	30	7 of 10	4
2010s	29	7 of 10	4
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Shaikh 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: #1761 in England and Wales in 1997.

Shaikh'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	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	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 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,761, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2002Under 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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Shai · #1110, 29y
Shailen · #2319, 17y
Shaima · #1656, 25y

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.

Dewan · #1761, 17y
Dolton · #1761, 24y
Kais · #1761, 25y
Labib · #1761, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dewan · #1761, 17y
Dolton · #1761, 24y
Harjeet · #1761, 11y
Kais · #1761, 25y

Shaikh 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 Shaikh without appearing here.

Shaikh moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Shaikh

Isak Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2189 and #3467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3013 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Hunter Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1878.
Hans Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3004.

Moved the opposite way to Shaikh

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaikh went from #2020 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaikh went from #2020 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaikh went from #2020 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaikh went from #2020 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Shaikh

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaikh went from #2020 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaikh went from #2020 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaikh went from #2020 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaikh went from #2020 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1761 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shaikh

Shaikh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shaikh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaikh appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shaikh at a glance

Shaikh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shaikh and the names beside it

Shaikh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shaikh

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