Shi

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shi: Recorded since 1997, it reached #894 in 2013, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#894highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2004	#3197
2005	#2970
2006	#2509
2007	#3667
2008	#2022
2009	#5556
2010	#2843
2011	#3185
2012	#2338
2013	#3160
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2016	#3214

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 boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 23 years from 1997 to 2019.

In 2013: #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3160 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #4702 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Boys

Shi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 14 ranked years and 92 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 1997.

Shi 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.

Shi'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	#2859 (1997)	#2859 (1997)	#4702 (2019)	11 of 23	35 (1997–2019)	5 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#2022 (2008)	#3214 (2016)	14 of 17	92 (2000–2016)	12 (2008)

Shi 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 1997 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #894 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Shi'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	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 1997 and 2019, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #894, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 16 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.

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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Shianne · #576, 24y

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.

Annabeth · #894, 18y
Elliemay · #894, 21y
Erynn · #894, 21y
Lanah · #894, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bailee · #894, 28y
Chinelo · #894, 10y
Donte · #894, 29y
Elliemay · #894, 21y

Shi was ranked #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2013. 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.

Shi 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 Shi without appearing here.

Shi moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Geraldine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Shi

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3667 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3160 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #2120.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2970 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Shi

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Shi went from #2859 to #4702 while Albie went from #914 to #45.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Shi went from #2859 to #4702 while Alfie went from #92 to #15.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Shi went from #2859 to #4702 while Alfred went from #192 to #97.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Shi went from #2859 to #4702 while Archie went from #141 to #19.

Moved the same way as Shi

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Shi went from #2859 to #4702 and Aaron from #32 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Shi went from #2859 to #4702 and Adam from #20 to #39.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Shi went from #2859 to #4702 and Alan from #179 to #312.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Shi went from #2859 to #4702 and Alex from #43 to #106.

What's not yet available

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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 1997 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #894 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Shi

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Shi across 2 official records

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Shi across 2 official records

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