Given name
Sheina
“God's gracious gift”
Sheina is a variant of Sheena. One interpretation is “God's gracious gift.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheina is a variant of Sheena. One interpretation is “God's gracious gift.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 488
- 0 boys · 488 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #10,002 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +61%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,002 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1989. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 466 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sheina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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