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How popular is the name Sheik?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sheiks are alive today.
Sheik (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Sheikh in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1104th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2004, with 12 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2024 figure is roughly 33% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sheikh you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Sheikhs born in England and Wales are between 11 and 27, 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 Sheikh - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Sheikh.
How many babies are named Sheik each year?
Includes all spellings: Sheik, Sheikh. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sheik spelling rank?
Where does the Sheikh spelling rank?
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 Sheik most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Sheikh, peaked in 2004, when 73 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Sheik spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 12 babies.
How many people are called Sheik?
At least 1,300 people named Sheik in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sheik?
Most living Sheiks are between 11 and 27; the most common age is about 21. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Sheik becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.