Sheva — #8041 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sheva

The Social Security Administration has registered 353 babies named Sheva between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheva currently holds the #8041 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheva performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sheva shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 84 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheva in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheva 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 353 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.