Shekinah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shekinah: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,484 in 2013, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1484highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#1996
2004	#2278
2005	#2970
2006	#1660
2007	#2085
2008	#2292
2009	#2535
2010	#1653
2011	#2432
2012	#2095
2013	#1484
2014	#1882
2015	#1711
2016	#2757
2017	#2341
2018	#2499
2019	#2040
2020	#2615
2021	#3961
2022	#2178
2023	#1959
2024	#2411

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1484 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shekinah 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 Shekinah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	83	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	136	10 of 10	14
2020s	51	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Shekinah 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1484 in England and Wales in 2013.

Shekinah'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,484, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 2 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 →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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.

Boruch · #1485, 23y
Daoud · #1485, 23y
Farid · #1485, 27y
Paighton · #1483, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adedayo · #1485, 11y
Boruch · #1485, 23y
Daoud · #1485, 23y
Fabrizio · #1485, 18y

Shekinah 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 Shekinah without appearing here.

Shekinah moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Shea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2535 and #2148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1653 and #4688.
Helene Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #4157.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2178 and #4645.

Moved ahead of Shekinah

Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1785.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1107.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.
Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Shekinah

Josefine Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shekinah went from #3900 to #1959 while Josefine went from #3225 to #5687.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shekinah went from #1653 to #2411 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shekinah went from #1484 to #2411 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shekinah went from #1484 to #2411 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Shekinah

Carol Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Shekinah went from #2738 to #3961 and Carol from #897 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Shekinah went from #2738 to #3961 and Karin from #1802 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Shekinah went from #2738 to #3961 and Tyler from #242 to #5581.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1484 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shekinah

Shekinah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shekinah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shekinah 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

Shekinah and the names beside it

Shekinah moved ahead of

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Shekinah at a glance

Shekinah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shekinah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shekinah and the names beside it

Shekinah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shekinah

Moved the opposite way to Shekinah

Moved the same way as Shekinah