girls:
370 births since 1980
#5346 (6th percentile)
boys:
16 births since 1985
#4570 (0th percentile)
overall:
386 births since 1980
#7353 (5th percentile)
The name Sheng is the #7,353 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 386 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,346 (6.4% percentile) for all time with 370 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1985.
Sheng first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Sheng is available in 27 out of the 37 years between 1980 and 2016 (26 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sheng has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2016, 0.0% of babies named Sheng were girls. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for girls (97.1% girls from 1980 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2010 to 2016).
For girls, Sheng reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
For boys, Sheng reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #694) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sheng".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sheng. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Sheng is pronounced as shehng, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shehng, at 14.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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