How Many People Are Named Sheba?
people named Sheba are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 324,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,173 babies named Sheba in Social Security records from 1916 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "oath" in Hebrew. This is the name of several characters in the Old Testament. Also in the Bible, this is a place name, referring to a region in Ethiopia. The queen of Sheba visited Solomon after hearing of his wisdom.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sheba in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sheba alive today is about 47 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sheba first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1975, to 65 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Sheba has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,559, in 1975.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,559 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,309 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sheba alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sheba were born in New York than in any other state: about 84 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sheba was given about 6.7 times as often in New York.
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