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How popular is the name Shah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shahs are alive today.
Shah (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 976th in 2025 with 31 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2005, when 55 babies were given the name, the 502nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1997, with 47 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1314 in 2020 before climbing back to the 976th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Shah you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Shahs born in England and Wales are between 12 and 29, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shah - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Shah.
How many babies are named Shah each year?
Where does Shah rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Shah most popular?
Shah peaked in 2005, when 55 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Shah?
At least 1,300 people named Shah born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shah?
Most living Shahs are between 12 and 29; the most common age is about 21.
Is Shah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.