Sheela is a rare variant of Sheila that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Sheela is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Sheela was first reported in SSA data in 1943 and peaked in 1988 (27 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #18,733 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #20,109 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #15,472 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #17,704 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #12,223 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #15,504 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,433 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #8,053 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | #8,617 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #13,107 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #7,896 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | #6,094 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #5,023 |
| 1988 | 27 | — | #3,570 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #4,636 |
| 1986 | 25 | — | #3,537 |
| 1985 | 21 | — | #3,965 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | #3,966 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #4,847 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | #5,847 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #5,835 |
| 1980 | 15 | — | #4,941 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | #4,591 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #3,894 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #6,263 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #5,535 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | #3,915 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | #6,163 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | #3,454 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | #4,051 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #6,501 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #4,217 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #5,382 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | #3,964 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #5,369 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #3,710 |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #2,914 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #4,311 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #5,218 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | #3,275 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #4,833 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #4,723 |
| 1959 | 19 | — | #2,744 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #3,522 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #3,279 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #3,871 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #6,571 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #3,924 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #3,449 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #4,423 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #5,329 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #4,675 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #4,187 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #3,566 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #4,707 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | #3,190 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #4,139 |