Sheila
#175 most common girls' name of all time · #341 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1907–2025
Rank among girls
#175
Rank overall
#341 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
239,422
Since 2016
1,041
Peak year
1962 #52
Best rank
#50 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 8,807/yr
Sheila first appears in 1907. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,655 |
| 2024 | 97 | — | 97 | #2,014 |
| 2023 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,936 |
| 2022 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,661 |
| 2021 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,770 |
| 2020 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,598 |
| 2019 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,097 |
| 2018 | 96 | — | 96 | #2,032 |
| 2017 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,933 |
| 2016 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,816 |
| 2015 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,707 |
| 2014 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,411 |
| 2013 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,516 |
| 2012 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,526 |
| 2011 | 183 | — | 183 | #1,289 |
| 2010 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,280 |
| 2009 | 170 | — | 170 | #1,392 |
| 2008 | 224 | — | 224 | #1,146 |
| 2007 | 271 | — | 271 | #989 |
| 2006 | 279 | — | 279 | #938 |
| 2005 | 240 | — | 240 | #1,016 |
| 2004 | 315 | — | 315 | #802 |
| 2003 | 303 | — | 303 | #817 |
| 2002 | 340 | — | 340 | #723 |
| 2001 | 383 | — | 383 | #657 |
| 2000 | 343 | — | 343 | #688 |
| 1999 | 353 | — | 353 | #653 |
| 1998 | 348 | — | 348 | #662 |
| 1997 | 309 | — | 309 | #698 |
| 1996 | 378 | — | 378 | #606 |
| 1995 | 395 | — | 395 | #582 |
| 1994 | 419 | — | 419 | #563 |
| 1993 | 543 | — | 543 | #463 |
| 1992 | 642 | — | 642 | #400 |
| 1991 | 633 | — | 633 | #406 |
| 1990 | 626 | — | 626 | #413 |
| 1989 | 658 | 8 | 666 | #385 |
| 1988 | 711 | 7 | 718 | #349 |
| 1987 | 800 | — | 800 | #306 |
| 1986 | 979 | 6 | 985 | #261 |
| 1985 | 1,012 | — | 1,012 | #251 |
| 1984 | 908 | — | 908 | #267 |
| 1983 | 946 | 5 | 951 | #249 |
| 1982 | 1,099 | 6 | 1,105 | #231 |
| 1981 | 1,214 | 7 | 1,221 | #217 |
| 1980 | 1,214 | 5 | 1,219 | #214 |
| 1979 | 1,368 | 5 | 1,373 | #195 |
| 1978 | 1,414 | 7 | 1,421 | #184 |
| 1977 | 1,656 | 8 | 1,664 | #163 |
| 1976 | 1,871 | 12 | 1,883 | #143 |
| 1975 | 2,099 | 8 | 2,107 | #134 |
| 1974 | 2,438 | 11 | 2,449 | #121 |
| 1973 | 2,999 | 9 | 3,008 | #101 |
| 1972 | 3,394 | 9 | 3,403 | #90 |
| 1971 | 4,333 | 14 | 4,347 | #81 |
| 1970 | 4,937 | 10 | 4,947 | #75 |
| 1969 | 5,245 | 16 | 5,261 | #68 |
| 1968 | 5,730 | 16 | 5,746 | #59 |
| 1967 | 6,326 | 27 | 6,353 | #56 |
| 1966 | 7,208 | 16 | 7,224 | #51 |
| 1965 | 7,904 | 28 | 7,932 | #50 |
| 1964 | 8,471 | 19 | 8,490 | #51 |
| 1963 | 8,706 | 21 | 8,727 | #50 |
| 1962 | 8,778 | 29 | 8,807 | #52 |
| 1961 | 7,805 | 19 | 7,824 | #59 |
| 1960 | 7,905 | 20 | 7,925 | #56 |
| 1959 | 7,984 | 22 | 8,006 | #52 |
| 1958 | 7,291 | 19 | 7,310 | #59 |
| 1957 | 7,763 | 17 | 7,780 | #58 |
| 1956 | 7,872 | 18 | 7,890 | #55 |
| 1955 | 7,661 | 7 | 7,668 | #57 |
| 1954 | 7,202 | 14 | 7,216 | #60 |
| 1953 | 6,965 | 17 | 6,982 | #60 |
| 1952 | 6,217 | 13 | 6,230 | #64 |
| 1951 | 5,897 | 13 | 5,910 | #69 |
| 1950 | 5,322 | 15 | 5,337 | #70 |
| 1949 | 4,774 | 12 | 4,786 | #76 |
| 1948 | 5,022 | 10 | 5,032 | #71 |
| 1947 | 5,095 | 12 | 5,107 | #73 |
| 1946 | 4,706 | 8 | 4,714 | #70 |
| 1945 | 3,178 | 7 | 3,185 | #89 |
| 1944 | 2,665 | 15 | 2,680 | #103 |
| 1943 | 3,063 | 13 | 3,076 | #92 |
| 1942 | 2,973 | 13 | 2,986 | #94 |
| 1941 | 2,341 | — | 2,341 | #110 |
| 1940 | 1,923 | — | 1,923 | #130 |
| 1939 | 1,957 | 8 | 1,965 | #125 |
| 1938 | 1,784 | 11 | 1,795 | #136 |
| 1937 | 1,573 | 12 | 1,585 | #142 |
| 1936 | 1,312 | 7 | 1,319 | #157 |
| 1935 | 1,326 | 6 | 1,332 | #151 |
| 1934 | 781 | 6 | 787 | #222 |
| 1933 | 737 | — | 737 | #226 |
| 1932 | 609 | — | 609 | #251 |
| 1931 | 538 | — | 538 | #266 |
| 1930 | 341 | — | 341 | #364 |
| 1929 | 332 | 5 | 337 | #368 |
| 1928 | 242 | — | 242 | #434 |
| 1927 | 233 | — | 233 | #456 |
| 1926 | 210 | — | 210 | #479 |
| 1925 | 214 | — | 214 | #478 |
| 1924 | 162 | — | 162 | #577 |
| 1923 | 139 | — | 139 | #626 |
| 1922 | 120 | — | 120 | #664 |
| 1921 | 110 | — | 110 | #707 |
| 1920 | 91 | — | 91 | #768 |
| 1919 | 69 | — | 69 | #842 |
| 1918 | 76 | — | 76 | #824 |
| 1917 | 59 | — | 59 | #903 |
| 1916 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,042 |
| 1915 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,037 |
| 1914 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,097 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,401 |
| 1912 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,217 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,070 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,630 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,217 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,356 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,510 |