Recorded 1992–2017 Boys' name Peak 2001 41 births

Shaikh — boys' name

41 babies named Shaikh in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

41 boys have been named Shaikh since 1992, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2017.

41
total births
1992–2017
years on record
1990s
peak decade
39%
born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Shaikh was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

8 babies were named Shaikh in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Shaikh

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Shaikh between 1992 and 2017, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaikh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaikh performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaikh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaikh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 41 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Shaikh at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

41

Since 1992

26 years of records

Peak year

2001

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1992

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2017

Shaikh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1992

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2001)
8
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
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Shaikh by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
16 births that decade — 39% of Shaikh's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Shaikh?
41 babies have been named Shaikh since 1992. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2001 with 8 births.
When was Shaikh most popular?
Shaikh was most popular in the 1990s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Shaikh been used?
Shaikh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 26 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Shaikh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Shawn, Shane, Shaun, Shannon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.