Shelia is an established variant of Sheila that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Shelia is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Shelia was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1959 (2,283 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #13,266 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #13,380 | — |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | #11,035 | — |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | #9,453 | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | #13,604 | — |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | #7,390 | — |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #9,349 | — |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | #10,057 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #10,833 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #12,987 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #13,292 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #13,182 | — |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | #9,153 | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | #7,028 | — |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | #9,988 | — |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | #10,051 | — |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #7,806 | — |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | #8,797 | — |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | #4,800 | — |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | #7,933 | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 | #5,419 | — |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | #4,430 | — |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | #4,636 | — |
| 1999 | 27 | 27 | #4,290 | — |
| 1998 | 32 | 32 | #3,719 | — |
| 1997 | 34 | — | #3,432 | — |
| 1996 | 36 | — | #3,293 | — |
| 1995 | 40 | — | #2,969 | — |
| 1994 | 55 | — | #2,377 | — |
| 1993 | 53 | — | #2,409 | — |
| 1992 | 61 | — | #2,219 | — |
| 1991 | 84 | — | #1,739 | — |
| 1990 | 82 | — | #1,778 | — |
| 1989 | 83 | — | #1,665 | — |
| 1988 | 100 | — | #1,406 | — |
| 1987 | 106 | — | #1,311 | — |
| 1986 | 129 | — | #1,128 | — |
| 1985 | 124 | — | #1,156 | — |
| 1984 | 131 | — | #1,074 | — |
| 1983 | 121 | — | #1,119 | — |
| 1982 | 168 | — | #904 | — |
| 1981 | 173 | — | #883 | — |
| 1980 | 218 | — | #762 | — |
| 1979 | 228 | — | #729 | — |
| 1978 | 251 | — | #647 | — |
| 1977 | 284 | — | #602 | — |
| 1976 | 339 | — | #525 | — |
| 1975 | 450 | — | #441 | — |
| 1974 | 567 | — | #377 | — |
| 1973 | 691 | — | #325 | — |
| 1972 | 803 | — | #304 | — |
| 1971 | 1,044 | — | #276 | #4,319 |
| 1970 | 1,197 | — | #258 | #5,336 |
| 1969 | 1,304 | — | #232 | — |
| 1968 | 1,363 | — | #219 | #4,649 |
| 1967 | 1,476 | — | #208 | — |
| 1966 | 1,812 | — | #181 | #3,889 |
| 1965 | 1,903 | — | #182 | #2,598 |
| 1964 | 2,021 | — | #186 | #3,019 |
| 1963 | 2,072 | — | #185 | #3,282 |
| 1962 | 2,276 | — | #173 | #4,540 |
| 1961 | 2,013 | — | #189 | #3,319 |
| 1960 | 2,264 | — | #177 | #3,299 |
| 1959 | 2,293 | — | #170 | #2,794 |
| 1958 | 2,097 | — | #180 | #3,879 |
| 1957 | 2,099 | — | #180 | #3,931 |
| 1956 | 1,951 | — | #183 | #4,392 |
| 1955 | 1,843 | — | #181 | #3,829 |
| 1954 | 1,671 | — | #190 | #3,755 |
| 1953 | 1,484 | — | #204 | — |
| 1952 | 1,236 | — | #223 | — |
| 1951 | 1,160 | — | #224 | — |
| 1950 | 957 | — | #242 | — |
| 1949 | 821 | — | #269 | — |
| 1948 | 795 | — | #274 | — |
| 1947 | 744 | — | #283 | — |
| 1946 | 550 | — | #315 | — |
| 1945 | 305 | — | #407 | — |
| 1944 | 219 | — | #486 | — |
| 1943 | 215 | — | #509 | — |
| 1942 | 152 | — | #604 | — |
| 1941 | 130 | — | #623 | — |
| 1940 | 82 | — | #785 | — |
| 1939 | 72 | — | #817 | — |
| 1938 | 64 | — | #888 | — |
| 1937 | 59 | — | #903 | — |
| 1936 | 44 | — | #1,059 | — |
| 1935 | 43 | — | #1,069 | — |
| 1934 | 20 | — | #1,764 | — |
| 1933 | 27 | — | #1,439 | — |
| 1932 | 23 | — | #1,627 | — |
| 1931 | 22 | — | #1,675 | — |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #3,025 | — |
| 1929 | 14 | — | #2,409 | — |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #2,083 | — |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #2,325 | — |
| 1926 | 23 | — | #1,824 | — |
| 1925 | 22 | — | #1,884 | — |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,500 | — |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #3,095 | — |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,752 | — |
| 1921 | 8 | — | #3,973 | — |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #4,335 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #4,198 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,517 | — |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #4,337 | — |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,860 | — |