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How popular is the name Sheeran?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sheerans are alive today.
Sheeran (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 4812th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2015, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3908th most popular that year.
The Sheeran you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Sheerans born in England and Wales are between 6 and 16, and there are at least 46 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 Sheeran - on average, only one in every 6,587 such rooms contains a Sheeran.
How many babies are named Sheeran each year?
Where does Sheeran 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 Sheeran most popular?
Sheeran peaked in 2015, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Sheeran?
At least 46 people named Sheeran born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sheeran?
Most living Sheerans are between 6 and 16; the most common age is about 10.
Is Sheeran becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.