Shiela
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #11,020
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 216 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,408since 1908
Shiela over time
Rank among girls' names. Shiela has never cracked the top 700 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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| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 |
| 1984 | #2,851 | 31 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 |
| 1976 | #1,406 | 75 |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 |
| 1974 | #1,414 | 72 |
| 1973 | #1,185 | 91 |
| 1972 | #1,012 | 116 |
| 1971 | #931 | 139 |
| 1970 | #712 | 216 |
| 1969 | #923 | 132 |
| 1968 | #909 | 129 |
| 1967 | #967 | 112 |
| 1966 | #866 | 134 |
| 1965 | #822 | 146 |
| 1964 | #836 | 156 |
| 1963 | #833 | 157 |
| 1962 | #944 | 127 |
| 1961 | #921 | 136 |
| 1960 | #950 | 126 |
| 1959 | #915 | 131 |
| 1958 | #1,059 | 98 |
| 1957 | #965 | 115 |
| 1956 | #1,027 | 99 |
| 1955 | #1,106 | 81 |
| 1954 | #1,134 | 76 |
| 1953 | #1,001 | 92 |
| 1952 | #1,046 | 81 |
| 1951 | #970 | 92 |
| 1950 | #1,064 | 75 |
| 1949 | #1,038 | 74 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 74 |
| 1947 | #992 | 79 |
| 1946 | #1,116 | 58 |
| 1945 | #1,032 | 56 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 40 |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 |
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| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
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| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shiela! It came in at #1,676, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shiela is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#389 · 1 in 3,932
- Indiana#493 · 1 in 6,890
- Virginia#563 · 1 in 8,189
- Ohio#768 · 1 in 17,000
- Texas#932 · 1 in 13,988
Best ever in a state: #270 in Arkansas, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #389 | 5 | 1 in 3,932 |
| Indiana | #493 | 7 | 1 in 6,890 |
| Virginia | #563 | 5 | 1 in 8,189 |
| Ohio | #768 | 6 | 1 in 17,000 |
| Texas | #932 | 8 | 1 in 13,988 |
| California | #1,169 | 6 | 1 in 24,361 |
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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 Shiela
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1970 (#923 → #712)
- Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1971 (#712 → #931)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1970 at #712 (216 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1959–1971
- Highest: 1 in 8,093 girls born in 1970 were named Shiela (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 225,078 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 30.7% of all girls named Shiela (1,355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | #1,676 (1908) | #1,676 |
| 1910s | 5 | #4,274 (1915) | #4,274 |
| 1920s | 50 | #2,587 (1929) | #3,728 |
| 1930s | 160 | #1,345 (1936) | #2,224 |
| 1940s | 535 | #992 (1947) | #1,158 |
| 1950s | 940 | #915 (1959) | #1,029 |
| 1960s | 1,355 | #822 (1965) | #897 |
| 1970s | 906 | #712 (1970) | #1,452 |
| 1980s | 300 | #2,150 (1982) | #3,342 |
| 1990s | 135 | #4,059 (1991) | #7,105 |
| 2000s | 15 | #11,020 (2001) | #11,411 |
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.
Shiela in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 24,139 of them was named Shiela, which outranked 83.6% 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).
- #1,102Gaylene82
- #1,102Lisbeth82
- #1,102Lue82
- #1,106Shiela81
- #1,106Carroll81
- #1,106Cary81
- #1,106Giselle81
- #1,112Alene80
- #1,112Carmelita80
- #1,112Clementine80
Tied with 5 names at #1,106; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.