Sheena

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 3,597 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
22,380
since 1943

Sheena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #80, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#7,88513—
2024#6,39418—
2023#8,48612—
2022#8,54212—
2021#11,1468—
2020#7,96913—
2019#8,13813—
2018#4,76828—
2017#6,04420—
2016#5,13026—
2015#4,58430—
2014#6,45119—
2013#5,83422—
2012#4,60131—
2011#5,06327—
2010#5,10827—
2009#3,80041—
2008#3,77942—
2007#3,72143—
2006#3,66942—
2005#3,73039—
2004#3,39144—
2003#3,47241—
2002#3,10346—
2001#2,06481—
2000#2,33266—
1999#2,67552—
1998#1,89980—
1997#1,71890—
1996#1,438114—
1995#1,214141—
1994#1,023181—
1993#810247—
1992#620365—
1991#560418—
1990#469522—
1989#328767#6,2297
1988#290856#7,2705
1987#2311,154—
1986#1731,574#4,8538
1985#913,062#2,50420
1984#803,597#3,45912
1983#1072,636#3,88410
1982#1491,956#6,3855
1981#356657—
1980#1,009144—
1979#995143—
1978#949148—
1977#936148—
1976#1,022122—
1975#1,048113—
1974#969127—
1973#929132—
1972#912136—
1971#1,057114—
1970#1,22491—
1969#1,27078—
1968#1,38765—
1967#1,34866—
1966#1,41660—
1965#1,22677—
1964#1,091100—
1963#1,073101—
1962#1,19285—
1961#1,29773—
1960#980119—
1959#944123—
1958#941120—
1957#787164—
1956#846137—
1955#1,83933—
1954#2,45020—
1953#1,93128—
1952#1,57837—
1951#1,84228—
1950#1,60234—
1949#1,88226—
1948#1,85826—
1947#1,54537—
1946#2,22818—
1945#2,33914—
1944#2,76211—
1943#3,2499—
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First appearance
1943

The first year at least five girls were named Sheena! It came in at #3,249, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2021–2023, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

Where Sheena is popular in 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedMNIllinois: #787 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,556 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedWIMichigan: #872 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,024 girlsMINew York: #699 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 11,295 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedINOhio: #876 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,514 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #645 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,522 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #780 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 10,931 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedWVVirginia: #545 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,907 girlsVAMaryland: #359 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,378 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedARTennessee: #349 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,139 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #489 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,624 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedALGeorgia: #364 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,067 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedHITexas: #666 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 7,215 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sheena, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#349 · 1 in 3,139
  2. Maryland#359 · 1 in 3,378
  3. Georgia#364 · 1 in 3,067
  4. North Carolina#489 · 1 in 5,624
  5. Virginia#545 · 1 in 6,907

Best ever in a state: #30 in Hawaii, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#349121 in 3,139
Maryland#35991 in 3,378
Georgia#364151 in 3,067
North Carolina#48991 in 5,624
Virginia#54561 in 6,907
New Jersey#64551 in 11,522
Texas#666161 in 7,215
New York#699151 in 11,295
California#780151 in 10,931
Illinois#78781 in 13,556
Michigan#87251 in 19,024
Ohio#87661 in 18,514
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sheena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,491 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #7,885)
  • 84 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #7,885)
  • 3,301 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 993 spots in 1956 (#1,839 → #846)
  • Biggest drop: 317 spots in 1961 (#980 → #1,297)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1943
  • Peaked 1984 at #80 (3,597 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1984–1985
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1981–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 468
  • Highest: 1 in 468 girls born in 1984 were named Sheena (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 73.3% of all girls named Sheena (16,403) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s141#1,545 (1947)#2,266
1950s724#787 (1957)#1,476
1960s824#980 (1960)#1,228
1970s1,274#912 (1972)#1,004
1980s16,403#80 (1984)#281
1990s2,210#469 (1990)#1,243
2000s485#2,064 (2001)#3,306
2010s243#4,584 (2015)#5,572
2020s76#6,394 (2024)#8,404

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.

Sheena in 1957

girls
#787
164 births · 1 in 12,469 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #787Sheena164
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 12,469 of them was named Sheena, which outranked 88.8% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sheena
  1. #782Charla165
  2. #782David165
  3. #782Susana165
  4. #787Sheena164
  5. #787Karan164
  6. #787Monique164
  7. #790Caryl163
  8. #790Kate163
  9. #790Mavis163

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957 →