Sheilah
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 199 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,285since 1924
Sheilah over time
Rank among girls' names. Sheilah has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
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| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 |
| 1970 | #1,877 | 46 |
| 1969 | #2,003 | 39 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 |
| 1962 | #1,607 | 49 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,454 | 57 |
| 1959 | #1,159 | 85 |
| 1958 | #1,180 | 81 |
| 1957 | #1,135 | 86 |
| 1956 | #1,176 | 78 |
| 1955 | #663 | 199 |
| 1954 | #1,045 | 88 |
| 1953 | #1,064 | 82 |
| 1952 | #1,147 | 68 |
| 1951 | #1,213 | 59 |
| 1950 | #1,212 | 58 |
| 1949 | #1,251 | 53 |
| 1948 | #1,157 | 60 |
| 1947 | #1,302 | 49 |
| 1946 | #1,290 | 45 |
| 1945 | #1,249 | 41 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sheilah! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1933, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sheilah is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#308 · 1 in 2,901
- Tennessee#327 · 1 in 2,957
- Iowa#339 · 1 in 3,555
- Maryland#380 · 1 in 4,103
- Colorado#408 · 1 in 3,577
Best ever in a state: #308 in Missouri, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #308 | 15 | 1 in 2,901 |
| Tennessee | #327 | 13 | 1 in 2,957 |
| Iowa | #339 | 8 | 1 in 3,555 |
| Maryland | #380 | 7 | 1 in 4,103 |
| Colorado | #408 | 5 | 1 in 3,577 |
| Virginia | #410 | 9 | 1 in 4,549 |
| Alabama | #445 | 8 | 1 in 4,530 |
| Kentucky | #460 | 6 | 1 in 5,604 |
| Georgia | #507 | 8 | 1 in 5,755 |
| Pennsylvania | #509 | 14 | 1 in 8,055 |
| North Carolina | #512 | 8 | 1 in 6,499 |
| Louisiana | #532 | 7 | 1 in 5,367 |
| Ohio | #583 | 10 | 1 in 10,200 |
| Illinois | #604 | 11 | 1 in 9,161 |
| Michigan | #681 | 7 | 1 in 12,785 |
| Texas | #790 | 11 | 1 in 10,173 |
| California | #929 | 9 | 1 in 16,241 |
| New York | #992 | 7 | 1 in 23,341 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sheilah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1955 (#1,045 → #663)
- Biggest drop: 513 spots in 1956 (#663 → #1,176)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1955 at #663 (199 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1955
- Highest: 1 in 9,826 girls born in 1955 were named Sheilah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 367,423 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- 38.7% of all girls named Sheilah (884) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,061 (1924) | #5,061 |
| 1930s | 100 | #1,389 (1937) | #2,044 |
| 1940s | 414 | #1,157 (1948) | #1,317 |
| 1950s | 884 | #663 (1955) | #1,099 |
| 1960s | 416 | #1,454 (1960) | #1,872 |
| 1970s | 279 | #1,877 (1970) | #2,821 |
| 1980s | 107 | #5,077 (1985) | #6,658 |
| 1990s | 55 | #8,588 (1991) | #9,830 |
| 2000s | 25 | #12,056 (2001) | #14,107 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sheilah in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 9,826 of them was named Sheilah, which outranked 90.2% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).