How Many People Are Named Sheela?
people named Sheela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 555,747 people in the US has this name
Based on 679 babies named Sheela in Social Security records from 1943 to 2015, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
27 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of SHILA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sheela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sheela alive today is about 50 years old, and 66% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sheela first appears in the records in 1943 and was given most often in 1988, to 27 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2015.
Babies given the name each year, 1943 to 2015
🏆 Rank History
Sheela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,743, in 1959.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,743 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,363 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sheela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sheela were born in California than in any other state: about 41 of those alive today.
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