Shela is a rare variant of Sheila that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Shela is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2007. Shela was first reported in SSA data in 1935 and peaked in 1950 (44 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #20,111 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #18,755 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #10,972 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #10,893 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | #11,629 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #16,521 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | #8,490 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #10,669 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #6,339 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #8,003 |
| 1994 | 17 | — | #5,673 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #6,989 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #5,682 |
| 1991 | 22 | — | #4,627 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | #5,504 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | #4,346 |
| 1988 | 34 | — | #3,033 |
| 1987 | 31 | — | #3,086 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #4,928 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #4,428 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,172 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #5,405 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #12,002 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | #5,530 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #5,362 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #5,164 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #4,037 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | #4,317 |
| 1975 | 21 | — | #3,383 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #5,289 |
| 1973 | 23 | — | #2,997 |
| 1972 | 23 | — | #2,964 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | #3,917 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | #2,509 |
| 1969 | 37 | — | #2,097 |
| 1968 | 29 | — | #2,284 |
| 1967 | 28 | — | #2,314 |
| 1966 | 36 | — | #1,948 |
| 1965 | 39 | — | #1,846 |
| 1964 | 36 | — | #2,002 |
| 1963 | 40 | — | #1,864 |
| 1962 | 32 | — | #2,107 |
| 1961 | 31 | — | #2,141 |
| 1960 | 29 | — | #2,187 |
| 1959 | 28 | — | #2,184 |
| 1958 | 34 | — | #1,898 |
| 1957 | 29 | — | #2,062 |
| 1956 | 29 | — | #2,047 |
| 1955 | 27 | — | #2,098 |
| 1954 | 30 | — | #1,941 |
| 1953 | 37 | — | #1,641 |
| 1952 | 33 | — | #1,740 |
| 1951 | 37 | — | #1,575 |
| 1950 | 44 | — | #1,393 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | #1,802 |
| 1948 | 26 | — | #1,895 |
| 1947 | 24 | — | #2,036 |
| 1946 | 26 | — | #1,801 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #2,577 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #2,379 |
| 1943 | 20 | — | #1,989 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #2,526 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,903 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,930 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #4,185 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,911 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,749 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,772 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,806 |