Sheba
About Sheba
This biblical place-name for the region now known as Yemen started to feel fresh again as the name of the heroine of Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal, played on screen by Cate Blanchett.
Sheba is probably more ready for prime time than the long-form mother name, although Bathsheba, which means "seventh daughter," has a rich Biblical and literary history.
The Queen of Sheba was a monarch of the ancient kingdom of, yes, Sheba
Pronounced SHEE-buh.
As of October 2026, Sheba ranked #13257 in US births in 2023 SSA, peaked at #1558 in 1975.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Sheba on lists
Famous Shebas
- Bathsheba Nell "Sheba" Crocker
American diplomat
- Sheba Karim
American novelist
- Sheba Sharrow (1926
2006), American painter, member of the “Chicago School” of imagist painters
Sheba in pop culture
- King of Sheba
see Psalm 72:10
- Bathsheba "Sheba" Hart
main character in "Notes on Scandal"
- Sheba Ormatroyd
main character in 1919 film "Sheba"
- Sheba Shayne
title character in 1975 blaxploitation film "Sheba, Baby"
- Sheba
dog in play/film "Come Back, Little Sheba"
- Sheba
character in video game "Golden Sun"
- Lieutenant Sheba
character in TV's original "Battlestar Galactica"
- "Sheba
" song by Mike Oldfield
- Etymology: said to be related to shivah (feminine sheva) "seven
" and to nishba "he swore," originally "he bound himself by (the sacred number) seven"
- Sheba
found in biblical girls' names Elisheba and Jehosheba
- Sheba
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