# Sheikh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sheikh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 436 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 421 / 15 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,347, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 20,029 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,872 |
| 2020 | 5 | 17,161 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,656 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,971 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,656 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,990 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,479 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,299 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,285 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,648 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,762 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,835 |
| 2021 | 15 | 5,987 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,421 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,838 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,855 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,093 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 852 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 36 | 837 |
| 2014 | 35 | 854 |
| 2015 | 38 | 821 |
| 2016 | 30 | 974 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 36 | 854 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 31 | 965 |
| 2024 | 46 | 747 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## People named Sheikh

- Mahedi Hasan, Bangladesh cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.