Sheng

SHEHNG /ˈʃɛŋ/
girl 1 syllable fading

Sheng is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.

Sheng is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Sheng was first reported in SSA data in 1980 and peaked in 1989 (28 births).

About the name Sheng

PronunciationSHEHNG /ˈʃɛŋ/
CultureChinese

Names similar to Sheng

How popular is Sheng?

Girls named Sheng
1980198519901995200020052006
Girls named Sheng per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1980–2016 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2016) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Boys named Sheng
19851990199520002005201020152016
Boys named Sheng per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1980–2016 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2016) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Sheng total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territories♀ Rank♂ Rank
201655—#13,891
200655#19,612—
200555#18,757—
200455#18,391—
200366#15,477—
200166#15,064—
200055#17,206—
199999#10,215—
199899#9,981—
199713—#7,223—
199610—#8,726—
199521—#4,822—
199413—#7,025—
199320—#4,968—
199226—#4,828#9,603
199127—#3,924—
199023—#4,358—
198928—#3,656—
198822—#4,150—
198712—#6,278—
198625—#3,539—
198529—#3,714#6,413
198412—#5,834—
198315—#4,849—
198220—#4,007—
19817—#8,913—
19808—#8,042—