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Girl name#811 of girl names

Sheena

Pronounced SH IY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1984
  • 82 years in use
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How popular is Sheena?

Sheena is a girls' name, and first appears in 1943. It has been given to 25,214 children — the 811th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 184 births across the past decade, against a peak of 3,822 in a single year. That peak was in 1984.

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1984Girls: 3,822Boys: 12

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
SH IY1 N AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Sheena

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Sheena

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Sheena?
Sheena ranks 811th among girls' names in US records, with 25,214 births since 1943. Over the past decade it accounts for 184.
Is Sheena a unisex name?
No. Sheena is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Sheena most popular?
1984, when 3,822 children were given the name. It has been in use for 82 years and is still recorded as of 2024.