Girls' name · since 1966
Sheva
Sheva has 373 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,968 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 373
- born since 1966
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sheva currently ranks #5968 among girls' names in America, with 373 babies recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheva has been recorded 373 times among girls since 1966, currently ranked #5968 nationally and more common than 65% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #14,113 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,968 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 373 born since 1966
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheva ranks #14,113 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,968 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 373 born since 1966, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,968 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 373
- born since 1966
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sheva's 373 recorded births place it above 80.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Sheva compares
373 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sheva's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sheva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 373 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sheva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sheva splits its recorded history at 1998: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sheva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Sheva by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (85 births, 23% of the file).
2020s was Sheva's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Sheva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 85 births (23% of all-time use).
Sheva by state
Where Sheva concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 84 | 22.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 17 | 4.6% |
84 of 373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Sheva's data
- New York records the most Shevas (84 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sheva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Sheva 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.