Sheba
Sheba, or Saba, was an ancient South Arabian kingdom that existed in Yemen before 275 CE. It likely began to exist between c. 1000 BCE and c. 800 BCE. Its inhabitants were the Sabaeans, who, as a people, were indissociable from the kingdom itself for much of the 1st millennium BCE.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Sheba
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sheba, or Saba, was an ancient South Arabian kingdom that existed in Yemen before 275 CE. It likely began to exist between c. 1000 BCE and c. 800 BCE. Its inhabitants were the Sabaeans, who, as a people, were indissociable from the kingdom itself for much of the 1st millennium BCE.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
Origin & history
The Story of Sheba
Sheba first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1916, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1975, when 65 Shebas were born — ranking #1,544 that year. As of 2026, Sheba ranks #12,180 for baby girls with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 1K Shebas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sheba
Sheba is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Sheba's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #1,544. Use the chart and map above to compare Sheba's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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