Girls' name · since 1981
Sheenah
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Sheenah, peaking in 1981. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sheenah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 86 have been recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Sheenah recorded 86 times among girls since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1989.
- #28,881 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheenah ranks #28,881 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sheenah's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheenah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sheenah splits its recorded history at 1985: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sheenah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1989
- Peak year (1981)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Sheenah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (86 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Sheenah's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Sheenah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 86 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheenah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sheenah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.