Shaw

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shaw: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #727, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Shaw's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#2022
1998	#1821
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2002	#1519
2004	#3651
2005	#3208
2017	#4812
2020	#3848

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 10 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 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
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #3848 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Shaw 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 Shaw in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	3	1 of 10	3
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Shaw appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Shaw'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
11 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#727position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births 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.

Shaunna · #154, 18y
Shaurya · #577, 21y
Shawn · #290, 29y
Shawna · #689, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Advait · #727, 13y
Ayleen · #727, 11y
Braylon · #727, 11y
Cici · #727, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Ayoub · #727, 29y

Shaw was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Shaw 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 Shaw without appearing here.

Shaw moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.

Moved ahead of Shaw

Hudson Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1519 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1160.
Gustav Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3208 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #2512.
Fredrik Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1519 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1498.
Marius Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1519 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1596.

Moved the opposite way to Shaw

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaw went from #1458 to #3848 while Albie went from #853 to #35.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaw went from #1458 to #3848 while Alfie went from #119 to #18.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaw went from #1458 to #3848 while Alfred went from #218 to #91.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaw went from #1458 to #3848 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Shaw

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaw went from #1458 to #3848 and Aaron from #33 to #120.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaw went from #1458 to #3848 and Adam from #16 to #34.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaw went from #1458 to #3848 and Alan from #163 to #298.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaw went from #1458 to #3848 and Alex from #43 to #108.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shaw

Shaw at a glance

What stands out in Shaw's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shaw by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaw appears in

Popularity data

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Shaw at a glance

What stands out in Shaw's record

Shaw by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaw 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 Shaw

Shaw and the names beside it

Shaw moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shaw

Moved the opposite way to Shaw

Moved the same way as Shaw