Sheilla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sheilla

The Social Security Administration has registered 450 babies named Sheilla between 1941 and 2001, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheilla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheilla performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sheilla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sheilla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheilla 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 450 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.