Sheng

Where Sheng comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sheng.

Sheng through the years
  1. 1980
    First appearance
    #7,418 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Peak, #3,459
    25 babies named Sheng, its best rank.
  3. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,923.
  4. 2016
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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