Sheena

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sheena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sheena: Recorded since 1964, it reached #173 in 1985, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
71times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#173highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#802
1997	#926
1998	#955
1999	#1473
2000	#1095
2001	#3262
2002	#1658
2003	#2436
2004	#1836
2005	#1690
2006	#2137
2007	#3218
2008	#4524
2009	#2759
2010	#2589
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2016	#5785
2017	#5765

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 50 of the 55 years from 1964 to 2018.

In 2016: #750 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5785 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2018
Highest recorded position: #173 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1964–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2018.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sheena appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 652 births with the name.

Sheena across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sheena's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#173 (1985)	#734 (2018)	50 of 55	652 (1964–2018)	34 (1975)
England and Wales · Girls	#802 (1996)	#802 (1996)	#5765 (2017)	21 of 22	212 (1996–2017)	28 (1996)

Sheena by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sheena in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	48	6 of 10	8
1970sbusiest	231	10 of 10	23
1980s	226	10 of 10	23
1990s	77	10 of 10	8
2000s	48	9 of 10	5
2010s	22	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Sheena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #173 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Sheena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#926	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#802	28	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	10	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	21	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	12	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	21	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	31	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	25	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	33	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	30	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	26	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	18	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	22	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	27	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	18	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	34	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	23	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	28	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	24	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	23	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	13	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	8	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	15	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	11	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2018, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #173, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Darina · #174, 55y
Christel · #170, 54y
Blathnaid · #168, 55y
Eadaoin · #165, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Darina · #174, 55y
Gwendoline · #174, 45y
Herbert · #175, 42y
Oonagh · #171, 61y

Sheena was ranked #173 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sheena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sheena without appearing here.

Sheena moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Jude Compare
In 2011 they stood at #635 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #560 and #907.
Tracey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #576 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #505 and #842.
Jan Compare
In 1975 they stood at #327 and #327 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #229 and #497.

Moved ahead of Sheena

Mathilde Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1095 and #1139 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #962.
Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1658 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #2460.
Nora Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1095 and #1139 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #992.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1095 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Sheena

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sheena went from #327 to #734 while Alexandra went from #222 to #113.
Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sheena went from #327 to #734 while Alice went from #57 to #33.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sheena went from #327 to #734 while Anna went from #34 to #12.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sheena went from #327 to #734 while Charlotte went from #171 to #39.

Moved the same way as Sheena

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sheena went from #327 to #734 and Alma from #327 to #512.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sheena went from #327 to #734 and Audrey from #85 to #568.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sheena went from #327 to #734 and Ida from #372 to #734.
Maeve Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sheena went from #327 to #734 and Maeve from #80 to #114.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #173 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sheena

Sheena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sheena across 2 official records

Sheena by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sheena appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sheena

Sheena and the names beside it

Sheena moved ahead of

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Sheena at a glance

Sheena across 2 official records

Sheena by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sheena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sheena

Sheena and the names beside it

Sheena moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sheena

Moved the opposite way to Sheena

Moved the same way as Sheena