Girls' name · since 1981
Sheona
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Sheona, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sheona sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 1981.
Sheona has 28 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1993.
- #41,964 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheona ranks #41,964 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sheona's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sheona splits its recorded history at 1987: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sheona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1993
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Sheona by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (23 births, 82% of the file).
1980s was Sheona's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Sheona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (82% of all-time use).
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- Sheona's decade-level peak was the 1980s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 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, 1981–1993 (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 Sheona 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.