Sheng
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1989
28 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
386
since 1980
Born a Sheng? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sheng was most popular in 1989, when 28 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.02 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Sheng in 2025. Not recorded since 2016.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 17168 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 16099 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 13521 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9479 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 9 | 9260 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 13 | 6844 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 10 | 8132 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 21 | 4677 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | 6672 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 20 | 4826 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 21 | 4686 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 27 | 3817 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 23 | 4230 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 28 | 3566 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 22 | 4015 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | 5923 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 25 | 3459 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 23 | 3621 | 6 | 5785 |
| 1984 | 12 | 5539 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 15 | 4686 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 20 | 3898 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 8128 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 8 | 7418 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 96% · boys 4% across all years