Sheng
#12,853 most common girls' name of all time · #21,259 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1980–2016
Rank among girls
#12,853
Rank overall
#21,259 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
27 of 146
All-time
386
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1985 #3,724
Best rank
#3,547 1986
Girls
Boys
peak 29/yr
Sheng first appears in 1980. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,974 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,234 |
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,886 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,525 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,178 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,902 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,881 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,689 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,096 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,547 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,795 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,963 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,959 |
| 1992 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #4,814 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,917 |
| 1990 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,357 |
| 1989 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,663 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,158 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,280 |
| 1986 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,547 |
| 1985 | 23 | 6 | 29 | #3,724 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,877 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,876 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,023 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,017 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,167 |