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.

Sheyla

#2,748 most common girls' name of all time · #4,694 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among girls
#2,748
Rank overall
#4,694 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
4,241
Since 2016
847
Peak year
2006 #862
Best rank
#862 2006
Girls Boys peak 309/yr
198020002020

Sheyla first appears in 1970. 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
2025 78 — 78 #2,342
2024 106 — 106 #1,887
2023 84 — 84 #2,233
2022 107 — 107 #1,894
2021 85 — 85 #2,200
2020 67 — 67 #2,566
2019 65 — 65 #2,666
2018 86 — 86 #2,186
2017 74 — 74 #2,449
2016 95 — 95 #2,074
2015 87 — 87 #2,181
2014 103 — 103 #1,950
2013 109 — 109 #1,861
2012 115 — 115 #1,785
2011 135 — 135 #1,607
2010 149 — 149 #1,506
2009 170 — 170 #1,396
2008 252 — 252 #1,040
2007 250 — 250 #1,053
2006 309 — 309 #862
2005 152 — 152 #1,413
2004 150 — 150 #1,393
2003 172 — 172 #1,232
2002 204 — 204 #1,053
2001 215 — 215 #999
2000 111 — 111 #1,596
1999 69 — 69 #2,193
1998 71 — 71 #2,076
1997 65 — 65 #2,149
1996 55 — 55 #2,390
1995 48 — 48 #2,608
1994 40 — 40 #2,968
1993 48 — 48 #2,589
1992 51 — 51 #2,505
1991 44 — 44 #2,729
1990 33 — 33 #3,342
1989 27 — 27 #3,748
1988 20 — 20 #4,424
1987 15 — 15 #5,220
1986 15 — 15 #5,114
1985 9 — 9 #7,301
1984 9 — 9 #7,156
1983 15 — 15 #4,825
1982 13 — 13 #5,432
1981 11 — 11 #6,171
1980 9 — 9 #7,180
1979 8 — 8 #7,741
1978 6 — 6 #9,182
1976 5 — 5 #10,142
1975 7 — 7 #7,745
1974 6 — 6 #8,409
1972 5 — 5 #9,201
1970 7 — 7 #7,053