Sheikh
#7,890 most common boys' name of all time · #19,835 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1991–2025
Rank among boys
#7,890
Rank overall
#19,835 of 105,966
First appeared
1991
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
436
Since 2016
153
Peak year
2020 #4,796
Best rank
#4,396 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Sheikh first appears in 1991. 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 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,999 |
| 2024 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,805 |
| 2023 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,703 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,322 |
| 2021 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,908 |
| 2020 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,796 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,524 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,547 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,226 |
| 2016 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,225 |
| 2015 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,431 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,868 |
| 2013 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,459 |
| 2012 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,853 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,430 |
| 2010 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,193 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,661 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #7,041 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,599 |
| 2006 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,988 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,505 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,614 |
| 2003 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,396 |
| 2002 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,331 |
| 2001 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,344 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,704 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,674 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,381 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,593 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,497 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,908 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,349 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,106 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,599 |