Shams**
#11,772 most common girls' name of all time · #19,519 across all names · 24% male / 76% female · used 1993–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#11,772
Rank overall
#19,519 of 105,966
First appeared
1993
Years on the list
23 of 146
All-time
448
Since 2016
316
Peak year
2025 #3,619
Best rank
#3,619 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 49/yr
Shams first appears in 1993. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 7 | 49 | #3,619 |
| 2024 | 40 | 5 | 45 | #3,793 |
| 2023 | 34 | 12 | 46 | #4,240 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #6,598 |
| 2021 | 21 | 11 | 32 | #5,863 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5 | 29 | #5,251 |
| 2019 | 29 | 6 | 35 | #4,725 |
| 2018 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,270 |
| 2017 | 22 | 6 | 28 | #5,760 |
| 2016 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,156 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #8,247 |
| 2014 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,271 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #12,521 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,874 |
| 2010 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #9,547 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,424 |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,673 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #13,062 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,511 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #15,949 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | — |