Sher

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sher: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,419, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2419highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2859
1998	#2419
1999	#2943
2000	#2501
2003	#2857
2005	#3849
2008	#3158
2009	#4527
2010	#3865
2011	#3300
2012	#3416
2013	#2660
2014	#4632
2018	#3959
2019	#4702
2020	#2960
2022	#2755
2023	#3523
2024	#3688

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 20 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 #2863 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: #2419 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sher 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 Sher in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	4 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	31	7 of 10	4
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Sher 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: #2419 in England and Wales in 1998.

Sher'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	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 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,419, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births 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.

Shelly · #326, 29y
Shenaya · #3549, 10y
Sheree · #94, 24y
Shereen · #409, 25y

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.

Jashan · #2419, 19y
Mayowa · #2419, 16y
Sayyed · #2419, 16y
Sahand · #2418, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Enver · #2419, 10y
Fatih · #2419, 13y
Jashan · #2419, 19y
Mayowa · #2419, 16y

Sher 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 Sher without appearing here.

Sher moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2660 and #4685.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Brooke Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

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: #2419 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sher

Sher at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sher by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sher appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sher and the names beside it

Sher moved ahead of

Sher at a glance

Sher by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sher appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sher and the names beside it

Sher moved ahead of