Shams
Rank in 2025
#3577
recorded as girls
Up 181 since 2024
#9714
recorded as boys
Up 2,635 since 2024
Babies in 2025
49
girls 42 · boys 7
Peak year
2025
42 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
448
since 1993
Born a Shams? 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
Shams was most popular in 2025, when 42 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.03 per 1,000). In 2025, 42 babies were named Shams, ranking #3577 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 68%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 3577 | 7 | 9714 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3758 | 5 | 12349 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4191 | 12 | 6897 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6464 | 6 | 10863 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5748 | 11 | 7089 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5168 | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | 29 | 4653 | 6 | 10803 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7100 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 22 | 5661 | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8875 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 14 | 8008 | 6 | 10644 |
| 2014 | 12 | 8966 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 11969 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 16764 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 12 | 9231 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13704 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 12420 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 14502 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 6 | 7638 |
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Recorded as girls 76% · boys 24% across all years