Sheba
Sheba is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197565 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 1,173people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,173 girls have been named Sheba in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 65 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 65 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 31%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sheba | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | |
| 1920s | 33 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 119 | |
| 1960s | 197 | |
| 1970s | 358 | |
| 1980s | 239 | |
| 1990s | 142 | |
| 2000s | 35 | |
| 2010s | 19 | |
| 2020s | 18 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Sheba was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Sheba
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Korenpeak 1978
- Mindypeak 1979
- Jamipeak 1977
- Cristypeak 1978
- Rosalvapeak 1975
- Caridadpeak 1971
- Kelleepeak 1978
- Fawnpeak 1981
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.