Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sheba

#6,337 most common girls' name of all time · #10,692 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–2023

Rank among girls
#6,337
Rank overall
#10,692 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
1,173
Since 2016
31
Peak year
1975 #1,549
Best rank
#1,549 1975
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sheba first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 7 — 7 #12,298
2022 11 — 11 #9,125
2017 8 — 8 #11,709
2016 5 — 5 #16,414
2013 6 — 6 #14,714
2006 9 — 9 #11,506
2005 5 — 5 #16,652
2002 5 — 5 #15,620
2001 5 — 5 #15,566
2000 11 — 11 #8,602
1999 12 — 12 #7,790
1998 6 — 6 #12,565
1997 5 — 5 #13,929
1996 10 — 10 #8,225
1995 12 — 12 #7,115
1994 15 — 15 #6,031
1993 21 — 21 #4,705
1992 22 — 22 #4,560
1991 20 — 20 #4,849
1990 19 — 19 #4,900
1989 32 — 32 #3,281
1988 13 — 13 #5,960
1987 13 — 13 #5,666
1986 16 — 16 #4,770
1985 21 — 21 #3,890
1984 22 — 22 #3,639
1983 23 — 23 #3,463
1982 35 — 35 #2,665
1981 28 — 28 #3,095
1980 36 — 36 #2,621
1979 44 — 44 #2,229
1978 50 — 50 #1,946
1977 34 — 34 #2,525
1976 32 — 32 #2,504
1975 65 — 65 #1,549
1974 34 — 34 #2,310
1973 35 — 35 #2,238
1972 21 — 21 #3,103
1971 22 — 22 #3,089
1970 21 — 21 #3,140
1969 21 — 21 #2,949
1968 10 — 10 #4,582
1967 9 — 9 #4,737
1966 16 — 16 #3,192
1965 25 — 25 #2,434
1964 20 — 20 #2,859
1963 22 — 22 #2,662
1962 17 — 17 #3,087
1961 29 — 29 #2,228
1960 28 — 28 #2,223
1959 20 — 20 #2,637
1958 7 — 7 #5,076
1957 15 — 15 #3,095
1956 15 — 15 #3,114
1955 10 — 10 #3,909
1954 12 — 12 #3,412
1953 23 — 23 #2,215
1952 9 — 9 #3,957
1951 8 — 8 #4,184
1948 5 — 5 #5,541
1929 6 — 6 #4,382
1928 5 — 5 #5,122
1926 6 — 6 #4,655
1923 6 — 6 #4,741
1922 5 — 5 #5,424
1921 5 — 5 #5,506
1916 8 — 8 #3,550