Sheyla — #1900 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sheyla

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,162 babies named Sheyla between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheyla currently holds the #1900 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 309 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheyla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,985 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sheyla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 958 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheyla in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheyla 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 4,162 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.