Shelia
#610 most common girls' name of all time · #1,130 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1915–2023
Rank among girls
#610
Rank overall
#1,130 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
47,891
Since 2016
69
Peak year
1959 #170
Best rank
#170 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 2,293/yr
Shelia first appears in 1915. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,292 |
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,345 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,375 |
| 2020 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,574 |
| 2017 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,139 |
| 2016 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,949 |
| 2015 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,543 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,209 |
| 2013 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,061 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,304 |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,263 |
| 2010 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,749 |
| 2009 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,851 |
| 2008 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,533 |
| 2007 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,590 |
| 2006 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,529 |
| 2005 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,377 |
| 2004 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,728 |
| 2003 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,628 |
| 2002 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,283 |
| 2001 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,345 |
| 2000 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,555 |
| 1999 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,220 |
| 1998 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,663 |
| 1997 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,385 |
| 1996 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,252 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,942 |
| 1994 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,360 |
| 1993 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,386 |
| 1992 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,201 |
| 1991 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,729 |
| 1990 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,770 |
| 1989 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,654 |
| 1988 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,401 |
| 1987 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,304 |
| 1986 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,124 |
| 1985 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,152 |
| 1984 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,070 |
| 1983 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,116 |
| 1982 | 168 | — | 168 | #903 |
| 1981 | 173 | — | 173 | #883 |
| 1980 | 218 | — | 218 | #761 |
| 1979 | 228 | — | 228 | #728 |
| 1978 | 251 | — | 251 | #646 |
| 1977 | 284 | — | 284 | #601 |
| 1976 | 339 | — | 339 | #524 |
| 1975 | 450 | — | 450 | #441 |
| 1974 | 567 | — | 567 | #377 |
| 1973 | 691 | — | 691 | #325 |
| 1972 | 803 | — | 803 | #304 |
| 1971 | 1,037 | 7 | 1,044 | #276 |
| 1970 | 1,192 | 5 | 1,197 | #258 |
| 1969 | 1,304 | — | 1,304 | #232 |
| 1968 | 1,358 | 5 | 1,363 | #219 |
| 1967 | 1,476 | — | 1,476 | #208 |
| 1966 | 1,806 | 6 | 1,812 | #181 |
| 1965 | 1,892 | 11 | 1,903 | #182 |
| 1964 | 2,012 | 9 | 2,021 | #186 |
| 1963 | 2,064 | 8 | 2,072 | #185 |
| 1962 | 2,271 | 5 | 2,276 | #173 |
| 1961 | 2,005 | 8 | 2,013 | #189 |
| 1960 | 2,256 | 8 | 2,264 | #177 |
| 1959 | 2,283 | 10 | 2,293 | #170 |
| 1958 | 2,091 | 6 | 2,097 | #180 |
| 1957 | 2,093 | 6 | 2,099 | #180 |
| 1956 | 1,946 | 5 | 1,951 | #183 |
| 1955 | 1,837 | 6 | 1,843 | #181 |
| 1954 | 1,665 | 6 | 1,671 | #190 |
| 1953 | 1,484 | — | 1,484 | #204 |
| 1952 | 1,236 | — | 1,236 | #223 |
| 1951 | 1,160 | — | 1,160 | #224 |
| 1950 | 957 | — | 957 | #242 |
| 1949 | 821 | — | 821 | #269 |
| 1948 | 795 | — | 795 | #274 |
| 1947 | 744 | — | 744 | #283 |
| 1946 | 550 | — | 550 | #315 |
| 1945 | 305 | — | 305 | #407 |
| 1944 | 219 | — | 219 | #486 |
| 1943 | 215 | — | 215 | #509 |
| 1942 | 152 | — | 152 | #604 |
| 1941 | 130 | — | 130 | #622 |
| 1940 | 82 | — | 82 | #784 |
| 1939 | 72 | — | 72 | #816 |
| 1938 | 64 | — | 64 | #888 |
| 1937 | 59 | — | 59 | #902 |
| 1936 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,061 |
| 1935 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,070 |
| 1934 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1933 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,437 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1931 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,683 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,015 |
| 1929 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,418 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,088 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,331 |
| 1926 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,828 |
| 1925 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,889 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,507 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,097 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,768 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,944 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,298 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,137 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,446 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,287 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,925 |