How Many People Are Named Sheilah?
people named Sheilah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 190,091 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,285 babies named Sheilah in Social Security records from 1924 to 2009, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
199 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sheilah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sheilah alive today is about 64 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sheilah first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1955, to 199 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2009.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2009
🏆 Rank History
Sheilah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #663, in 1955.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #663 (1955) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,080 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sheilah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sheilah were born in New York than in any other state: about 67 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sheilah was given 1.8 times as often in Illinois, 1.8 times in New York and 1.5 times in California.
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