Sheva
Girl · SHEV-ah · Hebrew
Sheva is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “oath; seven”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Sheva mean?
Hebrew: short form of Elisheva or Bathsheba
“oath; seven”
Elisheva is the Hebrew form of Elizabeth, and sheva is also the Hebrew word for seven.
- Say it
- SHEV-ah
Is Sheva a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sheva in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 girls.
Sheva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Sheva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 117% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Sheva, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had the most girls named Sheva of any year since it first appeared, in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Sheva in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sheva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
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