Sheba — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sheba

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,173 babies named Sheba between 1916 and 2023, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheba performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 358 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sheba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheba in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheba in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,173 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.