Shiela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shiela

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,408 babies named Shiela between 1908 and 2001, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shiela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 216 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shiela performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Shiela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 449 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Shiela in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shiela 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 4,408 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.