Sheik

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sheik: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,104, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1104highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#2802
2005	#4798
2007	#5201
2018	#5666

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 boys in England and Wales in 24 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 #1104 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: #1104 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sheik appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 161 births with the name.

Sheik 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.

Sheik'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1104 (1996)	#1104 (1996)	#4270 (2024)	24 of 29	161 (1996–2024)	12 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#2802 (2004)	#2802 (2004)	#5666 (2018)	4 of 15	15 (2004–2018)	6 (2004)

Sheik 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 Sheik in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	81	10 of 10	8
2010s	40	9 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Sheik 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: #1104 in England and Wales in 1996.

Sheik'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	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	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	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 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,104, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 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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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.

Keya · #1104, 28y
Miraj · #1104, 26y
Sterling · #1104, 23y
Younus · #1104, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Keya · #1104, 28y
Miraj · #1104, 26y
Sterling · #1104, 23y
Younus · #1104, 23y

Sheik 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 Sheik without appearing here.

Sheik moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1410 and #3009.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4749 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #4702.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4333 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2318 and #3227.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Sheik

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #1201.
Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1756.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Anders Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2263.

Moved the opposite way to Sheik

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sheik went from #1104 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sheik went from #1104 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sheik went from #1104 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sheik went from #1104 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Sheik

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sheik went from #1104 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sheik went from #1104 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sheik went from #1104 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sheik went from #1104 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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: #1104 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sheik

Sheik at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sheik across 2 official records

Sheik by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sheik appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sheik and the names beside it

Sheik moved ahead of

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Sheik at a glance

Sheik across 2 official records

Sheik by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sheik appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sheik and the names beside it

Sheik moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sheik

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