first name
SHEENA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,577 people named Sheena, 48.1% reported their origin as White, 29.2% as Black and 9.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sheena peaked in 1984, when 3,609 babies got the name.
At least 22,447 babies have been given the name since 1943. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sheena by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #337. The largest share of babies named Sheena, 81.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sheena is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sheena has been most common in Hawaii (3.3×), Alaska (2.2×), and Wyoming (1.8×), and least common in Connecticut (0.61×).
19,535 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sheena
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sheena, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sheena ranks #60,433 of 156,621, with 360 people. See Sheena as a last name
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