Sheikh
14
Babies in 2024
+8%
10-year change
2006
Peak · 23
+40%
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 Sheikh
Sheikh peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (23 babies in 2006) and has remained in active use — 14 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Sheikh reached its peak in 2006, when 23 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,153 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 14 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 376 girls have been officially registered with the name Sheikh in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 119 girls were registered with the name, starting from 13 in 2014 and ending at 14 in 2024.