Shelia

Where Shelia comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shelia.

  • Vowel-ended
Shelia through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #4,274 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Peak, #170
    2,283 babies named Shelia, the most in any year.
  3. 1961
    Shelia P. Moses born
    American writer
  4. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #276.
  5. 1972
    Shelia Burrell born
    American athletics competitor
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Sheila.
Namesakes
  • Shelia Burrell · American athletics competitor, born 1972
  • Shelia P. Moses · American writer, born 1961
  • Shelia Goss · American writer, born 1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.