Sheilah

SHAY-luh /ˈʃeɪlə/
girl 2 syllables fading

Sheilah is an uncommon variant of Sheila that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.

Sheilah is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2009. Sheilah was first reported in SSA data in 1924 and peaked in 1955 (199 births).

About the name Sheilah

PronunciationSHAY-luh /ˈʃeɪlə/
CultureEnglish
199peak births 1955
1924first in SSA data

Names similar to Sheilah

How popular is Sheilah?

Girls named Sheilah
192419401960198020002009
Girls named Sheilah per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1924–2009 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2009) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Sheilah total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
200955#19,776
200777#15,243
200177#13,264
200066#14,738
199866#13,858
19968—#10,408
19947—#11,592
19939—#9,423
19929—#9,386
19919—#9,232
19907—#11,208
19895—#14,196
198811—#7,043
198711—#6,722
198614—#5,419
198514—#5,308
19848—#8,028
198310—#6,631
198211—#6,299
198111—#6,241
198012—#5,851
197918—#4,199
197828—#2,924
197722—#3,466
197631—#2,595
197530—#2,605
197423—#3,087
197324—#2,900
197226—#2,730
197131—#2,468
197046—#1,900
196939—#2,020
196820—#2,955
196742—#1,818
196637—#1,907
196537—#1,912
196453—#1,575
196350—#1,621
196249—#1,625
196132—#2,111
196057—#1,465
195985—#1,159
195881—#1,187
195786—#1,141
195678—#1,184
1955199—#664
195488—#1,052
195382—#1,069
195268—#1,154
195159—#1,214
195058—#1,223
194953—#1,260
194860—#1,171
194749—#1,311
194645—#1,303
194541—#1,257
194433—#1,429
194339—#1,319
194229—#1,552
194137—#1,265
194028—#1,466
193912—#2,560
193816—#2,101
193728—#1,412
193616—#2,012
193517—#1,992
193411—#2,712
19245—#5,780