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
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 3,597 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,380since 1943
Sheena over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,103 | 46 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,064 | 81 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,332 | 66 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,718 | 90 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,438 | 114 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,214 | 141 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,023 | 181 | — | |
| 1993 | #810 | 247 | — | |
| 1992 | #620 | 365 | — | |
| 1991 | #560 | 418 | — | |
| 1990 | #469 | 522 | — | |
| 1989 | #328 | 767 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #290 | 856 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #231 | 1,154 | — | |
| 1986 | #173 | 1,574 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #91 | 3,062 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #80 | 3,597 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #107 | 2,636 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #149 | 1,956 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #356 | 657 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,009 | 144 | — | |
| 1979 | #995 | 143 | — | |
| 1978 | #949 | 148 | — | |
| 1977 | #936 | 148 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,022 | 122 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,048 | 113 | — | |
| 1974 | #969 | 127 | — | |
| 1973 | #929 | 132 | — | |
| 1972 | #912 | 136 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 114 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,224 | 91 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,270 | 78 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,387 | 65 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,348 | 66 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,416 | 60 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,226 | 77 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,091 | 100 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,073 | 101 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,192 | 85 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,297 | 73 | — | |
| 1960 | #980 | 119 | — | |
| 1959 | #944 | 123 | — | |
| 1958 | #941 | 120 | — | |
| 1957 | #787 | 164 | — | |
| 1956 | #846 | 137 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
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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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#490 · 1 in 3,651
- South Carolina#505 · 1 in 3,410
- Pennsylvania#525 · 1 in 5,077
- Alabama#567 · 1 in 4,350
- Washington#586 · 1 in 4,589
Best ever in a state: #30 in Hawaii, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #490 | 5 | 1 in 3,651 |
| South Carolina | #505 | 5 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Pennsylvania | #525 | 13 | 1 in 5,077 |
| Alabama | #567 | 5 | 1 in 4,350 |
| Washington | #586 | 5 | 1 in 4,589 |
| Tennessee | #621 | 5 | 1 in 5,573 |
| Missouri | #642 | 5 | 1 in 6,131 |
| Illinois | #767 | 10 | 1 in 7,090 |
| New York | #806 | 14 | 1 in 7,023 |
| California | #1,005 | 16 | 1 in 9,583 |
| Texas | #1,441 | 6 | 1 in 17,232 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1984 at #80 (3,597 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1984–1985
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1981–1993
- Highest: 1 in 468 girls born in 1984 were named Sheena (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 73.3% of all girls named Sheena (16,403) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 141 | #1,545 (1947) | #2,266 |
| 1950s | 724 | #787 (1957) | #1,476 |
| 1960s | 824 | #980 (1960) | #1,228 |
| 1970s | 1,274 | #912 (1972) | #1,004 |
| 1980s | 16,403 | #80 (1984) | #281 |
| 1990s | 2,210 | #469 (1990) | #1,243 |
| 2000s | 485 | #2,064 (2001) | #3,306 |
| 2010s | 243 | #4,584 (2015) | #5,572 |
| 2020s | 76 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 10,350 of them was named Sheena, which outranked 91.7% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).