Sheba
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
Sheba is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sheba mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sheba a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheba is a girls' name.
How popular is Sheba in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1975, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Sheba in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sheba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,938 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,544 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,824 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
Names like Sheba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Safa, Shayla, Farah, Faiza, Safiya, Zaira, Shifra, Zayra, Uma, Samira, Hiba
Names related to Sheba
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sheba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sheba, updated 20 October 2026.