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Sheng

shuhng /ʂəŋ/ Chinese

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2016 (#12,185)
Babies in 2016
5 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#5,785 in 1985
First recorded
1985

Meaning of Sheng

Parents who choose Sheng imagine a name that unfurls like a silken scroll at an Italian piazza—elegant, evocative, and steeped in heritage. In Mandarin (pronounced shuhng /ʂəŋ/), Sheng conjures characters such as 生 (life, birth) and 升 (to rise), offering a poetic promise of growth that dances across the tongue like a sunlit Vespa skimming cobblestones. This single-syllable melody carries the warmth of new beginnings—each utterance a gentle benediction, as comforting as nonna’s embrace after Sunday pranzo. Though rare enough in California’s records to feel like a hidden gem, Sheng shines with universal appeal: a blend of ancient wisdom and modern spirit, soft yet unwavering, ready to bloom in any child’s story with the grace of a Tuscan sunrise.

How to pronounce Sheng

Chinese

Popularity of Sheng in the U.S.

Sheng was last recorded in the U.S. in 2016, ranked #12,185 with 5 babies. It peaked at #5,785 in 1985. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Bar and line chart: Sheng in the U.S., 1985–2016. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 6 in 1985 and 5 in 2016. Line: rank among boy names, peak #5,785 in 1985, #12,185 in 2016.
  • Boys named Sheng (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1985–2016. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1985⁠–⁠2016 3 rows
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2016512,185back
199258,435back
198565,785new

Notable people named Sheng

  • Sheng Shicai was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944.
  • Sheng Wang is a Taiwanese American stand-up comedian who grew up in Houston and wrote for the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat.
  • Sheng Xuanhuai, also known as Sheng Gongbao, was a Qing dynasty businessman, politician, and educator who founded major banks and universities.
  • Sheng Qi is a Chinese performance artist and painter who co-founded the art group Concept 21.
  • Sheng Zetian is a Chinese wrestler who won bronze medals in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics.