Shayma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shayma: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,151 in 2002, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1151highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#3795
1997	#1958
1999	#1970
2000	#1995
2001	#1870
2002	#1151
2003	#1996
2004	#1715
2005	#1934
2006	#1862
2007	#2410
2008	#1344
2009	#2148
2010	#2392
2011	#4764
2012	#2717
2013	#2460
2014	#3160
2015	#4103
2016	#3609
2017	#3229
2018	#4684
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
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 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 #3795 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: #1151 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (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

Shayma 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 Shayma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	120	10 of 10	12
2010s	68	10 of 10	7
2020s	13	4 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Shayma 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: #1151 in England and Wales in 2002.

Shayma'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1151	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	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 #1,151, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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 →
24 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 →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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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Shaylan · #1511, 23y
Shayna · #488, 27y
Shayne · #76, 34y

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.

Khalifa · #1152, 23y
Muskan · #1150, 25y
Tanvi · #1150, 28y
Willis · #1152, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Hadleigh · #1152, 21y
Khalifa · #1152, 23y
Muskan · #1150, 25y
Tanvi · #1150, 28y

Shayma 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 Shayma without appearing here.

Shayma moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.
Kristy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1870 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1151 and #2301.
Jayden Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4764 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #3536.
Gail Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1958 and #1958 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1970 and #2770.

Moved ahead of Shayma

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.
Finley Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Carter Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.

Moved the opposite way to Shayma

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayma went from #3795 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayma went from #3795 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayma went from #3795 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayma went from #3795 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Shayma

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayma went from #3795 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayma went from #3795 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayma went from #3795 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayma went from #3795 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #1151 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shayma

Shayma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shayma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shayma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shayma and the names beside it

Shayma moved ahead of

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Shayma at a glance

Shayma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shayma appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shayma and the names beside it

Shayma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shayma

Moved the opposite way to Shayma

Moved the same way as Shayma