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Shams

#3,634 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Sun

Shams has been given to 448 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #3,634 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 42 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Shams, 2025

1 in 78,900

Shams over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shams over time

In 2025, Shams went to 86% girls and 14% boys.

19932025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shams: meaning, origin, and history

Sun

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shams means

Shams means “sun”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 342 girls were recorded with the name Shams between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,634 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,289 in 2020 to #3,634 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,364 in 2015 to #3,634 in 2025.

In the United States, 106 boys were recorded with the name Shams between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2023; its best national rank was #6,433 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,723 in 2020 to #10,507 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,857 in 2015 to #10,507 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Shams?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 78,900
42 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 38,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,634
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
54,713 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shams sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shams. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shamss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shams was born before 2020 — so the typical Shams is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
52.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
342
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 52.3% of all recorded uses (179).

Is Shams rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+175
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,655
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,730
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (42)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,634
2025

Spellings of Shams

Shams is not the most common spelling — Shari is, with 26.1% against Shams's 0.22%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shams is used

Across 1910–2025, Shams was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 940,489 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shams has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shams around the world

Where Shams ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #1,719
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2025–2025
    #780
    in 2025
  • France
    2002–2025
    #1,525
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #1,968
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Shams by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,634
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,655
Best rank ever
#3,634
2025
Peak year
2025
42 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
342
Count in 2025
42

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,507
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,216
Best rank ever
#6,433
1999
Peak year
2023
12 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
106
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Shams

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Shams

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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