Sheilla

Girl · recorded 1941–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1962best year

Most popular in 1962.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1941

061219411956197119862001

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Sheilla, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19414
19445
19456
19464
19476
19489
19494
19508
19516
19527
19536
19547
19558
19565
19576
19585
19593
19605
19616
196212
19638
19646
19656
19665
19676
19686
196911
19705
19717
19725
19735
19759
19773
19794
19807
19814
19824
19853
19876
19893
19903
19924
19933
19953
19993
20003
20013

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sheilla isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
5
Rank in 2001
#15,352
How rare
1 in 360,124 girls
Since 1941
450

Sheilla was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1962, at 12 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Sheilla doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.