Sheila is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1962 and has since faded.
Sheila is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,686 for girl births in the United States (and #4,736 across all names), given to 65 babies. Sheila was first reported in SSA data in 1907 and peaked in 1962 (8,778 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | #2,686 | — |
| 2024 | 97 | 97 | #2,031 | — |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | #1,942 | — |
| 2022 | 127 | 127 | #1,667 | — |
| 2021 | 115 | 115 | #1,779 | — |
| 2020 | 131 | 131 | #1,605 | — |
| 2019 | 90 | 90 | #2,105 | — |
| 2018 | 96 | 96 | #2,045 | — |
| 2017 | 104 | 104 | #1,941 | — |
| 2016 | 114 | 114 | #1,826 | — |
| 2015 | 124 | 124 | #1,708 | — |
| 2014 | 162 | 162 | #1,413 | — |
| 2013 | 145 | 145 | #1,523 | — |
| 2012 | 145 | 145 | #1,528 | — |
| 2011 | 183 | 183 | #1,291 | — |
| 2010 | 186 | 186 | #1,283 | — |
| 2009 | 170 | 170 | #1,395 | — |
| 2008 | 224 | 224 | #1,149 | — |
| 2007 | 271 | 276 | #990 | — |
| 2006 | 279 | 279 | #941 | — |
| 2005 | 240 | 246 | #1,018 | — |
| 2004 | 315 | 329 | #803 | — |
| 2003 | 303 | 313 | #819 | — |
| 2002 | 340 | 355 | #723 | — |
| 2001 | 383 | 402 | #658 | — |
| 2000 | 343 | 368 | #689 | — |
| 1999 | 353 | 372 | #653 | — |
| 1998 | 348 | 378 | #663 | — |
| 1997 | 309 | — | #699 | — |
| 1996 | 378 | — | #606 | — |
| 1995 | 395 | — | #583 | — |
| 1994 | 419 | — | #563 | — |
| 1993 | 543 | — | #464 | — |
| 1992 | 642 | — | #401 | — |
| 1991 | 633 | — | #406 | — |
| 1990 | 626 | — | #413 | — |
| 1989 | 666 | — | #385 | #6,131 |
| 1988 | 718 | — | #349 | #6,318 |
| 1987 | 800 | — | #306 | — |
| 1986 | 985 | — | #261 | #6,602 |
| 1985 | 1,012 | — | #251 | — |
| 1984 | 908 | — | #267 | — |
| 1983 | 951 | — | #249 | #7,173 |
| 1982 | 1,105 | — | #231 | #6,278 |
| 1981 | 1,221 | — | #217 | #5,406 |
| 1980 | 1,219 | — | #214 | #7,139 |
| 1979 | 1,373 | — | #195 | #6,930 |
| 1978 | 1,421 | — | #184 | #4,976 |
| 1977 | 1,664 | — | #163 | #4,519 |
| 1976 | 1,883 | — | #143 | #3,236 |
| 1975 | 2,107 | — | #134 | #4,253 |
| 1974 | 2,449 | — | #121 | #3,295 |
| 1973 | 3,008 | — | #101 | #3,655 |
| 1972 | 3,403 | — | #90 | #3,569 |
| 1971 | 4,347 | — | #81 | #2,667 |
| 1970 | 4,947 | — | #75 | #3,246 |
| 1969 | 5,261 | — | #68 | #2,207 |
| 1968 | 5,746 | — | #59 | #2,097 |
| 1967 | 6,353 | — | #56 | #1,501 |
| 1966 | 7,224 | — | #51 | #2,030 |
| 1965 | 7,932 | — | #50 | #1,478 |
| 1964 | 8,490 | — | #51 | #1,889 |
| 1963 | 8,727 | — | #50 | #1,784 |
| 1962 | 8,807 | — | #52 | #1,475 |
| 1961 | 7,824 | — | #59 | #1,936 |
| 1960 | 7,925 | — | #56 | #1,851 |
| 1959 | 8,006 | — | #52 | #1,753 |
| 1958 | 7,310 | — | #59 | #1,886 |
| 1957 | 7,780 | — | #58 | #2,009 |
| 1956 | 7,890 | — | #55 | #1,938 |
| 1955 | 7,668 | — | #57 | #3,465 |
| 1954 | 7,216 | — | #60 | #2,197 |
| 1953 | 6,982 | — | #60 | #1,947 |
| 1952 | 6,230 | — | #64 | #2,240 |
| 1951 | 5,910 | — | #69 | #2,236 |
| 1950 | 5,337 | — | #70 | #2,011 |
| 1949 | 4,786 | — | #76 | #2,320 |
| 1948 | 5,032 | — | #71 | #2,593 |
| 1947 | 5,107 | — | #73 | #2,343 |
| 1946 | 4,714 | — | #70 | #2,887 |
| 1945 | 3,185 | — | #89 | #2,962 |
| 1944 | 2,680 | — | #103 | #1,877 |
| 1943 | 3,076 | — | #92 | #2,171 |
| 1942 | 2,986 | — | #94 | #2,135 |
| 1941 | 2,341 | — | #110 | — |
| 1940 | 1,923 | — | #130 | — |
| 1939 | 1,965 | — | #125 | #2,794 |
| 1938 | 1,795 | — | #136 | #2,307 |
| 1937 | 1,585 | — | #142 | #2,182 |
| 1936 | 1,319 | — | #157 | #3,110 |
| 1935 | 1,332 | — | #151 | #3,596 |
| 1934 | 787 | — | #222 | #3,622 |
| 1933 | 737 | — | #226 | — |
| 1932 | 609 | — | #251 | — |
| 1931 | 538 | — | #266 | — |
| 1930 | 341 | — | #364 | — |
| 1929 | 337 | — | #368 | #4,460 |
| 1928 | 242 | — | #434 | — |
| 1927 | 233 | — | #456 | — |
| 1926 | 210 | — | #479 | — |
| 1925 | 214 | — | #478 | — |
| 1924 | 162 | — | #576 | — |
| 1923 | 139 | — | #626 | — |
| 1922 | 120 | — | #664 | — |
| 1921 | 110 | — | #707 | — |
| 1920 | 91 | — | #767 | — |
| 1919 | 69 | — | #841 | — |
| 1918 | 76 | — | #824 | — |
| 1917 | 59 | — | #902 | — |
| 1916 | 45 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1915 | 42 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1914 | 31 | — | #1,096 | — |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,398 | — |
| 1912 | 20 | — | #1,214 | — |
| 1911 | 18 | — | #1,067 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,614 | — |
| 1909 | 13 | — | #1,204 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,340 | — |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #1,492 | — |