Sham
Rank in 2025
#5099
recorded as girls
Up 2,152 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
25
girls 25
Peak year
2018
33 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
276
since 1972
Born a Sham? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sham was most popular in 2018, when 33 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.02 per 1,000). In 2025, 25 babies were named Sham, ranking #5099 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | 5099 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 15 | 7251 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 14 | 7640 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 11 | 9056 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 9 | 10292 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 13 | 7969 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 15 | 7342 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 33 | 4237 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 21 | 5821 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 16 | 7230 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 19 | 6452 | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8053 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 14 | 8135 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 17636 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 13521 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 8 | 3837 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 6 | 4441 |
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Recorded as girls 87% · boys 13% across all years