Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sheela

#9,054 most common girls' name of all time · #15,131 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1943–2015

Rank among girls
#9,054
Rank overall
#15,131 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
679
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1988 #3,517
Best rank
#2,741 1959
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
196019802000

Sheela first appears in 1943. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2015 5 — 5 #16,740
2007 5 — 5 #17,947
2003 6 — 6 #14,110
2002 5 — 5 #15,747
1998 7 — 7 #11,345
1996 5 — 5 #13,868
1995 9 — 9 #8,918
1994 11 — 11 #7,716
1993 10 — 10 #8,193
1992 6 — 6 #11,998
1991 11 — 11 #7,552
1990 15 — 15 #5,917
1989 18 — 18 #4,903
1988 27 — 27 #3,517
1987 18 — 18 #4,542
1986 25 — 25 #3,491
1985 21 — 21 #3,916
1984 20 — 20 #3,910
1983 15 — 15 #4,762
1982 12 — 12 #5,666
1981 12 — 12 #5,673
1980 15 — 15 #4,837
1979 16 — 16 #4,500
1978 19 — 19 #3,838
1977 10 — 10 #6,026
1976 11 — 11 #5,350
1975 17 — 17 #3,842
1974 9 — 9 #5,938
1973 19 — 19 #3,405
1972 15 — 15 #3,985
1971 8 — 8 #6,241
1970 14 — 14 #4,136
1969 9 — 9 #5,240
1968 13 — 13 #3,907
1967 8 — 8 #5,210
1966 13 — 13 #3,659
1965 19 — 19 #2,904
1964 11 — 11 #4,238
1963 8 — 8 #5,109
1962 16 — 16 #3,236
1961 9 — 9 #4,761
1960 9 — 9 #4,661
1959 19 — 19 #2,741
1958 13 — 13 #3,505
1957 14 — 14 #3,260
1956 11 — 11 #3,850
1955 5 — 5 #6,385
1954 10 — 10 #3,902
1953 12 — 12 #3,450
1952 8 — 8 #4,400
1951 6 — 6 #5,260
1950 7 — 7 #4,649
1949 8 — 8 #4,186
1948 10 — 10 #3,559
1947 7 — 7 #4,689
1946 11 — 11 #3,206
1943 7 — 7 #4,190