Sheika — girls' name
76 babies named Sheika in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
76 girls have been named Sheika since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1987.
- 76
- total births
- 1976–1987
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 70%
- born in that decade
70% of everyone ever named Sheika was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sheika in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheika
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Sheika between 1976 and 1987, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sheika shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheika 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 76 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.
Sheika at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1976
- Peak year (1985)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
76 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 10 births in a single year.
Sheika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 53 births that decade — 70% of Sheika's all-time total
Sheika decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sheika's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–1987 (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.