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How popular is “Sheba” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sheba” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sheba” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sheba” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sheba” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sheba” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sheba” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sheba” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1916 8 0.000004136 8 100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1953 23 0.000005968 23 100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 100%
1960 28 0.000006741 28 100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 100%
1963 22 0.000005558 22 100%
1964 20 0.000005145 20 100%
1965 25 0.000006896 25 100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 100%
1972 21 0.000006682 21 100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 100%
1975 65 0.000021527 65 100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 100%
1977 34 0.000010704 34 100%
1978 50 0.000015754 50 100%
1979 44 0.000013225 44 100%
1980 36 0.000010451 36 100%
1981 28 0.000008094 28 100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 100%
1984 22 0.000006306 22 100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 100%
1989 32 0.000008324 32 100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 100%
1992 22 0.000005727 22 100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 100%

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