Girls' name · since 1952
Sheilagh
56 babies named Sheilagh in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sheilagh is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 56 have been recorded since 1952.
Sheilagh has 56 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1989.
- #33,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1952
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheilagh ranks #33,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1952, peaking in the 1960s.
- #33,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sheilagh's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheilagh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sheilagh's full recorded timeline at 1964, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1963 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sheilagh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1989
- Peak year (1963)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Sheilagh by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (33 births, 59% of the file).
1960s was Sheilagh's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Sheilagh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
33 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 33 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Sheilagh's decade-level peak was the 1960s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheilagh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1952–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sheilagh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.