Sheng
- Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
- Given to girls 95.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 370since 1980
Sheng over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sheng has never cracked the top 3,000 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 | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1980
The first year at least five girls were named Sheng! It came in at #7,418, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sheng is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sheng in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sheng
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1986 at #3,459 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 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 65,841
- Highest: 1 in 65,841 girls born in 1989 were named Sheng (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 380,242 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,459 in 1986, was only 1 in 68,622 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 46.5% of all girls named Sheng (172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 172 | #3,459 (1986) | #5,025 |
| 1990s | 166 | #3,817 (1991) | #6,262 |
| 2000s | 32 | #13,521 (2001) | #15,354 |
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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