Shubh

Shubh was the #4,707 boys' name in the US in 2025 (21 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Shubh as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shubh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Shubh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,707 (21)#2,664 (8)#2,269 (8)
2024#3,693 (30)#1,859 (13)#1,507 (14)
2023#4,002 (27)#2,547 (8)#1,342 (15)
2022#6,147 (14)#4,002 (4)#2,810 (5)
2021#5,776 (15)#4,789 (3)—
2020#7,034 (11)——
2019#6,406 (13)——
2018#4,918 (19)#4,749 (3)#2,403 (6)
2017#6,338 (13)——
2016#6,349 (13)——
2015#7,491 (10)——
2014#7,048 (11)#3,895 (4)—
2013#6,241 (13)#3,822 (4)—
2012#5,720 (15)——
2011#3,885 (26)#3,830 (4)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #3,057.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 83,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shubh is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 57,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 100,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShubhCanadaBoys#2,2698
ShubhEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
ShubhUSBoys#4,70721