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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Sham

Used in both girl and boy records

Sham appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Sham by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDSham as a girl’s nameUS records 2001–2024
#16046girl rank2018peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDSham as a boy’s nameUS records 1972–2015
#21159boy rank1974peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Sham in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl201833 uses#422820182001–202011 listed years
Boy19748 uses#383719741972–20156 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.