Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Shams

Gender

Female

Origin

Unknown

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #6889, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #9714, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #3577, 42 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025742
2024540
20231234
2022618
20211121
2020524
2019629
2018–16
2017622
2016–12

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #3157, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4985, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #1719, 17 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–17
2024–11
2023310
202238
2021–10
202035
2019–6
201836
20174–
201636

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #1577, 20 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2092, 12 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1551, 23 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2256, 12 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20231212
20221615
20211520
20201321
20192017
20181123
20171622
20161110
2015117
2014612

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #780, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence