Sheyenne

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #12,464

Peak · girls
1997 · 103 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,431
since 1977

Sheyenne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sheyenne has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #1,562, 1997girls
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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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2018#12,4647
2017#10,6899
2016#14,3316
2015#11,8358
2014#9,51711
2013#7,37216
2012#7,45616
2011#6,56419
2010#5,24726
2009#3,87040
2008#4,26836
2007#3,72143
2006#2,91659
2005#3,46143
2004#2,55665
2003#3,18746
2002#2,26372
2001#2,46163
2000#2,15874
1999#1,621103
1998#1,587103
1997#1,562103
1996#1,58398
1995#1,61492
1994#1,97271
1993#2,67645
1992#2,73344
1991#3,15935
1990#5,83515
1989#6,95511
1988#7,6919
1987#6,78810
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1985#10,6775
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1983#10,2755
1982#5,53412
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Sheyenne! It came in at #8,444, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sheyenne is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedNHWashington: #808 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,726 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #629 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,995 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedINOhio: #1,198 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,367 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,935 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 22,285 girlsCAUtah: #481 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,597 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sheyenne, so not publishedHITexas: #1,561 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 15,543 girlsTXFlorida: #1,501 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,670 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#481 · 1 in 2,597
  2. Minnesota#629 · 1 in 4,995
  3. Washington#808 · 1 in 5,726
  4. Ohio#1,198 · 1 in 12,367
  5. Florida#1,501 · 1 in 14,670

Best ever in a state: #159 in North Dakota, 1991.

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Utah#48161 in 2,597
Minnesota#62951 in 4,995
Washington#80851 in 5,726
Ohio#1,19851 in 12,367
Florida#1,50151 in 14,670
Texas#1,56191 in 15,543
California#1,935101 in 22,285
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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 Sheyenne
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,562 (103 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 6 yrs 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 16,900
  • Highest: 1 in 16,900 girls born in 1997 were named Sheyenne (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 243,011 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 49.5% of all girls named Sheyenne (709) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#8,444 (1977)#8,444
1980s57#5,534 (1982)#8,330
1990s709#1,562 (1997)#2,434
2000s541#2,158 (2000)#3,086
2010s118#5,247 (2010)#9,497

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.

Sheyenne in 1997

girls
#1,562
103 births · 1 in 16,900 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,562Sheyenne103
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 16,900 of them was named Sheyenne, which outranked 90.3% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sheyenne
  1. #1,552Laney104
  2. #1,552Sariah104
  3. #1,552Zena104
  4. #1,562Sheyenne103
  5. #1,562Amethyst103
  6. #1,562Andie103
  7. #1,562Britni103
  8. #1,574Jenae102
  9. #1,574Jeniffer102
  10. #1,574Kirstyn102

Tied with 11 names at #1,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →