Sheeva — girls' name
40 babies named Sheeva in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
40 girls have been named Sheeva since 1984, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1992.
- 40
- total births
- 1984–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 88%
- born in that decade
88% of everyone ever named Sheeva was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sheeva in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheeva
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Sheeva between 1984 and 1992, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheeva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheeva performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sheeva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sheeva in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheeva 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 40 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.
Sheeva at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheeva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1984
- Peak year (1989)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
40 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 9 births in a single year.
Sheeva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 35 births that decade — 88% of Sheeva's all-time total
Sheeva decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sheeva's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 88% of all-time use.
Sheeva by state
Where Sheeva concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 12.5% |
5 of 40 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 12.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.