Sheamus

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sheamus: Recorded since 1967, with a gap of 21 years, its highest recorded position is #177, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#177highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Sheamus's record

Absent from every published list for 21 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2018	#4749

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 Republic of Ireland in 17 of the 26 years from 1967 to 1992.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1967–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #265 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1967–1992
Highest recorded position: #177 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1967–1992).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #4749 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Boys

Sheamus appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1967, and has registered 75 births with the name.

Sheamus across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sheamus's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#265 (1967)	#177 (1968)	#337 (1992)	17 of 26	75 (1967–1992)	9 (1968)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2863 (1996)	#4749 (2018)	2 of 23	6 (1996–2018)	3 (1996)

Sheamus by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Sheamus in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	15	3 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	30	6 of 10	5
1980s	27	7 of 10	4
1990s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Sheamus 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 1967 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #177 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Sheamus'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
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#248	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#264	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1967 and 2018, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #177, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 21 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 29 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
21 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#4,749position in 2018, its most recent recorded year
29 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 1968Under 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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Sheena · #173, 54y

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.

Rionach · #178, 18y
Aizah · #182, 23y
Eleah · #166, 19y
Aodh · #191, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Brien · #176, 11y
Cait · #178, 53y
Juliet · #178, 55y
Kyran · #176, 34y

Sheamus was ranked #177 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1968. 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.

Sheamus 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 Sheamus without appearing here.

Sheamus moved ahead of

Andreas Compare
In 1979 they stood at #307 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1980 that had become #264 and #321.

Moved ahead of Sheamus

Scott Compare
In 1971 they stood at #257 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #307 and #158.
Aaron Compare
In 1968 they stood at #177 and #207 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1969 that had become #291 and #174.
Cillian Compare
In 1971 they stood at #219 and #305 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #307 and #207.
Ross Compare
In 1970 they stood at #219 and #278 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1971 that had become #257 and #159.

Moved the opposite way to Sheamus

Aaron Compare
Between 1968 and 1992 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Sheamus went from #177 to #337 while Aaron went from #207 to #24.
Graeme Compare
Between 1968 and 1992 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Sheamus went from #177 to #337 while Graeme went from #267 to #152.
Nathan Compare
Between 1968 and 1992 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Sheamus went from #177 to #337 while Nathan went from #267 to #84.
Oisin Compare
Between 1968 and 1992 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Sheamus went from #177 to #337 while Oisin went from #187 to #77.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1967 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #177 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sheamus

Sheamus at a glance

What stands out in Sheamus's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sheamus across 2 official records

Sheamus by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Sheamus appears in

Popularity data

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Sheamus at a glance

What stands out in Sheamus's record

Sheamus across 2 official records

Sheamus by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Sheamus appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sheamus

Sheamus and the names beside it

Sheamus moved ahead of

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