Sheehan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sheehan

The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Sheehan between 1983 and 2008, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sheehan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Sheehan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1989.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheehan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sheehan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheehan 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 69 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.