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How popular is the name Shyam?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shyams are alive today.
Shyam (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3255th in 2024 and given to 6 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 24 babies were given the name, the 654th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2024 figure is roughly 25% of its peak.
The Shyam you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Shyams born in England and Wales are between 19 and 33, and there are at least 480 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 Shyam - on average, only one in every 632 such rooms contains a Shyam.
How many babies are named Shyam each year?
Where does Shyam 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 Shyam most popular?
Shyam peaked in 1996, when 24 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Shyam?
At least 480 people named Shyam born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shyam?
Most living Shyams are between 19 and 33; the most common age is about 30.
Is Shyam becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.