Sham
Girl · SHAHM · Arabic
Sham is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Sham mean?
Arabic: Arabic name for the Levant or Damascus
Bilad al-Sham is the Arabic name for the Levant, and Sham is also used for Damascus.
- Say it
- SHAHM
Is Sham a girl's or a boy's name?
Sham is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Sham, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sham than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Sham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2018, 74% of the babies named Sham in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Sham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
How popular is Sham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Sham, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Sham than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Sham in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sham in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Sham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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