Shaquille

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shaquille: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #319, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#319highest recorded position
6groupings 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	#319
1997	#403
1998	#477
1999	#575
2000	#651
2001	#1135
2002	#1128
2003	#1513
2004	#1347
2005	#1135
2006	#1401
2007	#2023
2008	#1828
2009	#1859
2010	#1911
2011	#2892
2012	#3987
2013	#2954
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2016	#2804
2017	#3449
2018	#3011
2020	#3848
2021	#3990
2023	#4107
2024	#2921

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 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 #319 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: #319 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shaquille 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 Shaquille in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	204	4 of 10	51
2000sbusiest	141	10 of 10	14
2010s	52	9 of 10	6
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Shaquille 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: #319 in England and Wales in 1996.

Shaquille'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#651	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#575	32	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#477	41	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#403	55	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#319	76	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #319, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 76 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
76births registered in its largest year, 199650 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.

Iryna · #319, 25y
Lindis · #319, 32y
Hawa · #320, 29y
Catrin · #316, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cairo · #319, 29y
Tommie · #319, 31y
Hawa · #320, 29y
Kadie · #318, 31y

Shaquille was ranked #319 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Shaquille 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 Shaquille without appearing here.

Shaquille moved ahead of

Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Shaquille

Roger Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #1721.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3848 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2301.
Andrea Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #2964.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.

Moved the opposite way to Shaquille

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaquille went from #319 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaquille went from #319 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaquille went from #319 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaquille went from #319 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Shaquille

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaquille went from #319 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaquille went from #319 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaquille went from #319 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaquille went from #319 to #2921 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: #319 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shaquille

Shaquille at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shaquille by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaquille appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shaquille at a glance

Shaquille by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaquille 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 Shaquille

Shaquille and the names beside it

Shaquille moved ahead of

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