Sheik
4
Babies in 2024
-20%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 12
—
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Sheik
Sheik peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (12 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 4 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Sheik reached its peak in 1996, when 12 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,104 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 4 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 24 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 161 boys have been officially registered with the name Sheik in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 25 boys were registered with the name, starting from 5 in 2014 and ending at 4 in 2024.