Girls' name · since 1932
Sheilia
384 babies named Sheilia in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 384
- born since 1932
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sheilia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 384 have been recorded since 1932.
Sheilia has 384 recorded births among girls since 1932, 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 1932 to 1983.
- #13,864 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 384 born since 1932
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheilia ranks #13,864 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 384 born since 1932, peaking in the 1960s.
- #13,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 384
- born since 1932
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sheilia's 384 recorded births place it above 80.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheilia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sheilia's full recorded timeline at 1959, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1932, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1966 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sheilia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1983
- Peak year (1966)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Sheilia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (147 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Sheilia's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Sheilia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
59 births
- 1950s
1950s
111 births
- 1960s
1960s
147 births
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 147 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Sheilia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (147 total births); usage has since declined to 13 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 Sheilia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~51 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, 1932–1983 (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 Sheilia 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.