How Many People Are Named Sheikh?
people named Sheikh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 794,848 people in the US has this name
Based on 436 babies named Sheikh in Social Security records from 1991 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sheikh, 3.5% were girls and 96.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 3.8% of the babies were girls then and 4.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sheikh alive today is about 15 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sheikh first appears in the records in 1991 and was given most often in 2020, to 25 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1991 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sheikh has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,388, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #6,090.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,090 |
| Best rank | #4,388 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,525 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sheikh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sheikh were born in New York than in any other state: about 125 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sheikh was given about 16.3 times as often in New York.
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