Sheera

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Sheera has been given to 133 babies in the U.S. since 1956. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1986, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Sheera, 1992

1 in 768,000

Sheera over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sheera: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sheera means

Sheera is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sheera is used in Cebuano.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 133 girls were recorded with the name Sheera between 1956 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1986; its best national rank was #4,511 in 1986.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sheera?

Sheera had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1992, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1992: 1 in 768,000; 5 of 3,839,369 births
Among girls only: 1 in 369,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1992: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,251 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sheera sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1992 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,251 children born in 1992 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sheera. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sheeras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sheera was born before 1985 — so the typical Sheera is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 59.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 92.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 133; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 59.4% of all recorded uses (79).

Is Sheera rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1986 (18)
Years since peak: 39; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,511; 1986

Spellings of Sheera

Sheera is not the most common spelling — Sheila is, with 27.5% against Sheera's 0.02%.

Sheila27.5%238,774
Sherry26.5%229,937
Sierra11.6%100,597
Sherri9.6%83,667
Sheri7.0%60,464
Shelia5.5%47,780
Sheena2.6%22,380
Shea1.4%12,565

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sheera by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,511; 1986
Peak year: 1986; 18 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 1992
All-time count: 133
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sheera

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Shekera Sheyli Shera Sheilyn Sheylin Shetera Shelsy Savera Sherel Sheina Shemia Shenea Shelie Sheray Estera Abeera Shenay Shemera Sheily Aleera Sherby Sherah Sheny Sheyna

Sibling names for Sheera

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Domonique Keshia Linsey Candis Corey Kristan Janay Nikita

For a brother

Whitney Derik Derrell Darell Marques Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick

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