Shamsa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shamsa: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,319, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1319highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#2152
1998	#1319
1999	#2444
2000	#1831
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#2191
2004	#2802
2006	#2781
2007	#2627
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#4838
2017	#4763
2020	#4535
2024	#5891

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 girls in England and Wales in 18 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 #1914 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: #1319 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shamsa 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 Shamsa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	51	8 of 10	6
2010s	17	4 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Shamsa 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: #1319 in England and Wales in 1998.

Shamsa'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	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 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,319, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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 →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 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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Shams · #2411, 20y
Shamus · #292, 19y
Shan · #414, 23y

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.

Arish · #1316, 18y
Ayhan · #1322, 17y
Jeriah · #1322, 13y
Nihaal · #1322, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Fabiha · #1319, 29y
Makeda · #1319, 25y
Raquel · #1319, 29y
Zarina · #1319, 29y

Shamsa 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 Shamsa without appearing here.

Shamsa moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #5765.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4838 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Shamsa

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Shea Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2627 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2148.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.

Moved the opposite way to Shamsa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shamsa went from #1914 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shamsa went from #1914 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shamsa went from #1914 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shamsa went from #1914 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Shamsa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shamsa went from #1914 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shamsa went from #1914 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shamsa went from #1914 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shamsa went from #1914 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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: #1319 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shamsa

Shamsa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shamsa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shamsa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shamsa and the names beside it

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Shamsa at a glance

Shamsa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shamsa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shamsa and the names beside it

Shamsa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shamsa

Moved the opposite way to Shamsa

Moved the same way as Shamsa