Shala is an uncommon variant of Sheila that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Shala is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Shala was first reported in SSA data in 1947 and peaked in 1991 (89 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #16,540 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | #11,071 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | #19,390 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | #11,342 |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | #9,983 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | #8,457 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | #6,566 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | #9,361 |
| 2004 | 21 | 21 | #5,937 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | #8,409 |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 | #5,417 |
| 2001 | 33 | 33 | #3,926 |
| 2000 | 35 | 35 | #3,718 |
| 1999 | 37 | 37 | #3,430 |
| 1998 | 42 | 42 | #3,062 |
| 1997 | 38 | — | #3,147 |
| 1996 | 51 | — | #2,505 |
| 1995 | 52 | — | #2,478 |
| 1994 | 67 | — | #2,078 |
| 1993 | 63 | — | #2,146 |
| 1992 | 65 | — | #2,099 |
| 1991 | 89 | — | #1,675 |
| 1990 | 75 | — | #1,888 |
| 1989 | 81 | — | #1,699 |
| 1988 | 84 | — | #1,573 |
| 1987 | 64 | — | #1,832 |
| 1986 | 60 | — | #1,881 |
| 1985 | 80 | — | #1,534 |
| 1984 | 65 | — | #1,696 |
| 1983 | 67 | — | #1,662 |
| 1982 | 50 | — | #2,075 |
| 1981 | 50 | — | #2,080 |
| 1980 | 69 | — | #1,672 |
| 1979 | 62 | — | #1,763 |
| 1978 | 68 | — | #1,592 |
| 1977 | 70 | — | #1,556 |
| 1976 | 41 | — | #2,128 |
| 1975 | 48 | — | #1,899 |
| 1974 | 49 | — | #1,816 |
| 1973 | 51 | — | #1,749 |
| 1972 | 29 | — | #2,503 |
| 1971 | 36 | — | #2,236 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #4,007 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #4,674 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #4,180 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | #4,252 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #4,432 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #3,700 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #5,384 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #3,606 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #3,973 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #6,432 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #7,136 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,454 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #5,964 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #5,849 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #5,209 |