Sheila
Rank in 2025
#2645
recorded as girls
Down 634 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
65
girls 65
Peak year
1963
8,706 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
239,422
since 1907
Born a Sheila? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sheila was most popular in 1963, when 8,706 babies recorded as girls got the name (4.5 per 1,000). In 2025, 65 babies were named Sheila, ranking #2645 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 2645 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 97 | 2011 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 102 | 1934 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 127 | 1659 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 115 | 1768 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 131 | 1593 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 90 | 2090 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 96 | 2026 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 104 | 1930 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 114 | 1815 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 124 | 1704 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 162 | 1410 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 145 | 1514 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 145 | 1523 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 183 | 1289 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 186 | 1278 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 170 | 1392 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 224 | 1145 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 271 | 988 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 279 | 938 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 240 | 1015 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 315 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 303 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 340 | 722 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 383 | 657 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 343 | 688 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 353 | 653 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 348 | 662 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 309 | 698 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 378 | 605 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 395 | 582 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 419 | 563 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 543 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 642 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 633 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 626 | 413 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 658 | 385 | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | 711 | 349 | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 800 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 979 | 261 | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | 1,012 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 908 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 946 | 249 | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | 1,099 | 231 | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | 1,214 | 217 | 7 | 4961 |
| 1980 | 1,214 | 214 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 1,368 | 195 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 1,414 | 184 | 7 | 4554 |
| 1977 | 1,656 | 163 | 8 | 4164 |
| 1976 | 1,871 | 143 | 12 | 3095 |
| 1975 | 2,099 | 134 | 8 | 3941 |
| 1974 | 2,438 | 121 | 11 | 3120 |
| 1973 | 2,999 | 101 | 9 | 3445 |
| 1972 | 3,394 | 90 | 9 | 3344 |
| 1971 | 4,333 | 81 | 14 | 2558 |
| 1970 | 4,937 | 75 | 10 | 3071 |
| 1969 | 5,245 | 68 | 16 | 2130 |
| 1968 | 5,730 | 59 | 16 | 2030 |
| 1967 | 6,326 | 56 | 27 | 1476 |
| 1966 | 7,208 | 51 | 16 | 1963 |
| 1965 | 7,904 | 50 | 28 | 1456 |
| 1964 | 8,471 | 51 | 19 | 1850 |
| 1963 | 8,706 | 50 | 21 | 1744 |
| 1962 | 8,778 | 52 | 29 | 1454 |
| 1961 | 7,805 | 59 | 19 | 1876 |
| 1960 | 7,905 | 56 | 20 | 1812 |
| 1959 | 7,984 | 52 | 22 | 1709 |
| 1958 | 7,291 | 59 | 19 | 1838 |
| 1957 | 7,763 | 58 | 17 | 1952 |
| 1956 | 7,872 | 55 | 18 | 1886 |
| 1955 | 7,661 | 57 | 7 | 3201 |
| 1954 | 7,202 | 60 | 14 | 2114 |
| 1953 | 6,965 | 60 | 17 | 1900 |
| 1952 | 6,217 | 64 | 13 | 2153 |
| 1951 | 5,897 | 69 | 13 | 2135 |
| 1950 | 5,322 | 70 | 15 | 1941 |
| 1949 | 4,774 | 76 | 12 | 2225 |
| 1948 | 5,022 | 71 | 10 | 2443 |
| 1947 | 5,095 | 73 | 12 | 2251 |
| 1946 | 4,706 | 70 | 8 | 2690 |
| 1945 | 3,178 | 89 | 7 | 2743 |
| 1944 | 2,665 | 103 | 15 | 1810 |
| 1943 | 3,063 | 92 | 13 | 2074 |
| 1942 | 2,973 | 94 | 13 | 2042 |
| 1941 | 2,341 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 1,923 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 1,957 | 125 | 8 | 2609 |
| 1938 | 1,784 | 136 | 11 | 2185 |
| 1937 | 1,573 | 142 | 12 | 2088 |
| 1936 | 1,312 | 157 | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | 1,326 | 151 | 6 | 3252 |
| 1934 | 781 | 222 | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | 737 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 609 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 538 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 341 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 332 | 367 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 242 | 433 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 233 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 210 | 479 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 214 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 162 | 574 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 139 | 625 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 120 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 110 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 91 | 762 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 69 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 76 | 821 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 59 | 896 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 45 | 1026 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 42 | 1025 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 31 | 1080 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 18 | 1358 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 20 | 1178 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 18 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | 1521 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 13 | 1152 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | 1261 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 9 | 1384 | <5 | — |
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Where Sheila is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years