Sheila — #2009 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sheila

The Social Security Administration has registered 238,706 babies named Sheila between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheila currently holds the #2009 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 8,777 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheila performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 74,075 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Sheila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21,431 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheila in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheila 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 238,706 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.