Cheila — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cheila

The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Cheila between 1978 and 2011, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheila performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cheila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cheila in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 121 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.