Sheyenne — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sheyenne

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,431 babies named Sheyenne between 1977 and 2018, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheyenne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 103 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheyenne performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 709 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sheyenne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheyenne in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheyenne 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 1,431 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.