Sheba
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 65 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,173since 1916
Sheba over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sheba has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 |
| 1978 | #1,938 | 50 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 |
| 1975 | #1,544 | 65 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
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| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
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| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
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| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Sheba! It came in at #3,258, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sheba is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sheba in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sheba
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
59 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1975 at #1,544 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,429
- Highest: 1 in 22,429 girls born in 1975 were named Sheba (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 30.5% of all girls named Sheba (358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #3,258 (1916) | #3,258 |
| 1920s | 33 | #4,053 (1929) | #4,595 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 (1948) | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 119 | #2,173 (1953) | #3,406 |
| 1960s | 197 | #2,196 (1960) | #3,046 |
| 1970s | 358 | #1,544 (1975) | #2,445 |
| 1980s | 239 | #2,603 (1980) | #3,870 |
| 1990s | 142 | #4,528 (1992) | #7,390 |
| 2000s | 35 | #8,534 (2000) | #13,439 |
| 2010s | 19 | #11,615 (2017) | #14,137 |
| 2020s | 18 | #9,056 (2022) | #10,627 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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