Sheel — boys' name
25 babies named Sheel in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
25 boys have been named Sheel since 1989, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 25
- total births
- 1989–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Sheel was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Sheel in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheel
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Sheel between 1989 and 2009, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sheel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sheel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheel 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 25 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.
Sheel at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
25 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 5 births in a single year.
Sheel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 10 births that decade — 40% of Sheel's all-time total
Sheel decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sheel's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.