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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Sheilah

Sheilah was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1955, when it ranked 664th with 199 babies. More babies were named Sheilah in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1955199 babies
Total since 1880
2,285babies recorded

Sheilah popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#14,7386
1990#11,2087
1980#5,85112
1970#1,90046
1960#1,46557
1950#1,22358
1940#1,46628
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Sheilah, counting every spelling?

Sheilah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Sheilah?

About 1,800 people born in the US named Sheilah are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 56 and 73. That makes Sheilah a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Sheilah by state

How common Sheilah was among girls born in each state in 1953–1957, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Missouri (2.4×), North Carolina (2.0×). In 32 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIL0.05Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIA0.06Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOH0.05Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCO0.06Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesMO0.13Kentucky: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKY0.07West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesVA0.07Maryland: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMD0.05Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTN0.07North Carolina: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesNC0.11South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesAL0.07Georgia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesGA0.06Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Sheilah, girls, 1953–1957. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Sheilah

How popular is the name Sheilah?

Sheilah was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1955, when it ranked 664th with 199 babies. More babies were named Sheilah in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Sheilah a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,285 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Sheilah most popular?

In 1953–1957, Sheilah was most common in Missouri (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Alabama.