Sheilah
#4,103 most common girls' name of all time · #6,992 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1924–2009
Rank among girls
#4,103
Rank overall
#6,992 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
2,285
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1955 #664
Best rank
#664 1955
Girls
Boys
peak 199/yr
Sheilah first appears in 1924. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,569 |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,095 |
| 2001 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,239 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,369 |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,619 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,727 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,770 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,838 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,870 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,717 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,371 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,662 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,761 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,426 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,253 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,155 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,550 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,325 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,016 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,994 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,633 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,102 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,895 |
| 1977 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,411 |
| 1976 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,569 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,585 |
| 1974 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,042 |
| 1973 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,861 |
| 1972 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,712 |
| 1971 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,450 |
| 1970 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,889 |
| 1969 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,013 |
| 1968 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,918 |
| 1967 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,804 |
| 1966 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,895 |
| 1965 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,909 |
| 1964 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,573 |
| 1963 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,615 |
| 1962 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,620 |
| 1961 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,099 |
| 1960 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,461 |
| 1959 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,159 |
| 1958 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,187 |
| 1957 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,141 |
| 1956 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,184 |
| 1955 | 199 | — | 199 | #664 |
| 1954 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,070 |
| 1952 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,154 |
| 1951 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,214 |
| 1950 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,222 |
| 1949 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,262 |
| 1948 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,167 |
| 1947 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,314 |
| 1946 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,300 |
| 1945 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,259 |
| 1944 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,423 |
| 1943 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,323 |
| 1942 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,557 |
| 1941 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,269 |
| 1940 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,475 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,568 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,105 |
| 1937 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1935 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,731 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,883 |