Sham Popularity by Year
Follow Sham across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Sham birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 25 | #5,099 | Up 2,152 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 15 | #7,251 | Up 389 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 14 | #7,640 | Up 1,416 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 11 | #9,056 | Up 1,236 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 9 | #10,292 | Down 2,323 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 13 | #7,969 | Down 627 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 15 | #7,342 | Down 3,105 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 33 | #4,237 | Up 1,584 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 21 | #5,821 | Up 1,409 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 16 | #7,230 | Down 778 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | Down 1,424 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 19 | #6,452 | Up 1,601 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 14 | #8,053 | Up 82 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 14 | #8,135 | Up 2,294 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 10 | #10,429 | Up 7,207 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | Down 4,115 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 6 | #10,662 | Down 750 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 6 | #13,521 | — |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 4,351 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 6 | #5,561 | Down 1,724 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 8 | #3,837 | Up 604 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | — |