Shamal Popularity by Year
Follow Shamal across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shamal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Boys | 7 | #9,871 | Up 280 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 6 | #10,151 | Down 2,008 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 8 | #8,143 | Down 1,428 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 10 | #6,715 | Up 340 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 9 | #7,055 | Up 2,188 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 6 | #9,243 | Down 2,404 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 9 | #6,839 | Up 1,035 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 7 | #7,874 | Down 1,031 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 8 | #6,843 | Up 438 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Down 2,668 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 13 | #4,613 | Up 1,794 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 8 | #6,407 | Down 539 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 9 | #5,868 | Up 948 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 7 | #6,816 | Down 1,156 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 9 | #5,660 | Down 564 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 10 | #5,096 | Down 689 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 12 | #4,407 | Up 3,498 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 2,344 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 6 | #5,561 | Down 36 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 6 | #5,525 | Up 531 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 284 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | — |