How Many People Are Named Shiela?
people named Shiela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 94,782 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,408 babies named Shiela in Social Security records from 1908 to 2001, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
216 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shiela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shiela alive today is about 60 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shiela first appears in the records in 1908 and was given most often in 1970, to 216 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2001.
Babies given the name each year, 1908 to 2001
🏆 Rank History
Shiela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #714, in 1970.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #714 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #898 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shiela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shiela were born in California than in any other state: about 379 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shiela was given 2.8 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Missouri and 1.6 times in Texas.
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