Shazil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHAH-zil
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
Shazil is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies).
Where does Shazil come from?
Used in South Asian Muslim families; source uncertain
Is Shazil a girl's or a boy's name?
Shazil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shazil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Shazil, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
2025 had the most boys named Shazil of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Shazil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Shazil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
Names like Shazil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Zayd Zayaan Abdullah Mustafa Umar Ahmed Zayan Ibrahim Amir Zayyan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shazil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shazil, updated 20 October 2026.