Shiela

Girl · recorded 1908–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1970best year

Most popular in 1970.

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

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shiela.

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Its story

Popularity since 1908

06212419081931195519782001

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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 79 recorded years as a table
Shiela, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190821
19155
19205
192410
19254
19266
19276
192911
193011
19318
193210
193313
19347
193522
193628
193716
193817
193918
194022
194134
194234
194330
194430
194543
194637
194745
194844
194943
195044
195151
195244
195349
195439
195541
195649
195756
195849
195965
196062
196167
196265
196381
196482
196583
196679
196768
196879
196978
1970124
197184
197276
197362
197449
197536
197651
197735
197831
197927
198023
198117
198228
198315
198418
198522
198617
198719
19887
19899
199012
199113
199211
19939
199410
19955
19965
19976
19993
20004
20014

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shiela 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
8
Rank in 2001
#11,020
How rare
1 in 225,078 girls
Since 1908
4,408

Shiela 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 1970, at 124 per million girls born.

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

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