Sheila Girl Name
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The name Sheila is of Irish Gaelic origin, and is a variation of Cecilia.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sheila has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
| Use of the Name Sheila for Girls During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 235,242 | 154,950 | 15,840 | 3,451 | 1,667 | 609 | 308 |
| Used as a Girl Name | Used as a Boy Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1917 | 896 | 60 | ||
| 1918 | 824 | 76 | ||
| 1919 | 841 | 69 | ||
| 1920 | 770 | 90 | ||
| 1921 | 705 | 111 | ||
| 1922 | 662 | 121 | ||
| 1923 | 625 | 140 | ||
| 1924 | 573 | 163 | ||
| 1925 | 475 | 215 | ||
| 1926 | 479 | 208 | ||
| 1927 | 457 | 232 | ||
| 1928 | 434 | 242 | ||
| 1929 | 366 | 334 | ||
| 1930 | 363 | 341 | ||
| 1931 | 267 | 536 | ||
| 1932 | 250 | 610 | ||
| 1933 | 226 | 737 | ||
| 1934 | 222 | 781 | ||
| 1935 | 151 | 1,326 | ||
| 1936 | 157 | 1,312 | ||
| 1937 | 142 | 1,573 | ||
| 1938 | 136 | 1,785 | ||
| 1939 | 125 | 1,958 | ||
| 1940 | 130 | 1,920 | ||
| 1941 | 110 | 2,339 | ||
| 1942 | 94 | 2,975 | ||
| 1943 | 92 | 3,061 | ||
| 1944 | 103 | 2,663 | ||
| 1945 | 89 | 3,178 | ||
| 1946 | 70 | 4,691 | ||
| 1947 | 73 | 5,088 | ||
| 1948 | 71 | 5,022 | ||
| 1949 | 76 | 4,769 | ||
| 1950 | 70 | 5,321 | ||
| 1951 | 70 | 5,889 | ||
| 1952 | 64 | 6,219 | ||
| 1953 | 60 | 6,950 | ||
| 1954 | 60 | 7,187 | ||
| 1955 | 58 | 7,660 | ||
| 1956 | 55 | 7,866 | ||
| 1957 | 58 | 7,753 | ||
| 1958 | 59 | 7,282 | ||
| 1959 | 52 | 7,985 | ||
| 1960 | 56 | 7,910 | ||
| 1961 | 59 | 7,780 | ||
| 1962 | 52 | 8,784 | ||
| 1963 | 50 | 8,707 | ||
| 1964 | 51 | 8,464 | ||
| 1965 | 50 | 7,903 | ||
| 1966 | 51 | 7,197 | ||
| 1967 | 56 | 6,329 | ||
| 1968 | 59 | 5,728 | ||
| 1969 | 68 | 5,250 | ||
| 1970 | 74 | 4,936 | ||
| 1971 | 81 | 4,332 | ||
| 1972 | 88 | 3,403 | ||
| 1973 | 101 | 2,998 | ||
| 1974 | 121 | 2,437 | ||
| 1975 | 133 | 2,102 | ||
| 1976 | 143 | 1,870 | ||
| 1977 | 163 | 1,653 | ||
| 1978 | 183 | 1,416 | ||
| 1979 | 196 | 1,365 | ||
| 1980 | 214 | 1,215 | ||
| 1981 | 218 | 1,212 | ||
| 1982 | 232 | 1,098 | ||
| 1983 | 250 | 943 | ||
| 1984 | 268 | 906 | ||
| 1985 | 252 | 1,012 | ||
| 1986 | 261 | 978 | ||
| 1987 | 306 | 798 | ||
| 1988 | 349 | 710 | ||
| 1989 | 383 | 658 | ||
| 1990 | 413 | 626 | ||
| 1991 | 406 | 632 | ||
| 1992 | 401 | 642 | ||
| 1993 | 463 | 542 | ||
| 1994 | 563 | 417 | ||
| 1995 | 581 | 395 | ||
| 1996 | 606 | 379 | ||
| 1997 | 699 | 309 | ||
| 1998 | 661 | 349 | ||
| 1999 | 654 | 352 | ||
| 2000 | 690 | 342 | ||
| 2001 | 659 | 381 | ||
| 2002 | 727 | 335 | ||
| 2003 | 819 | 301 | ||
| 2004 | 807 | 308 | ||
| Totals: | 235,242 | 0 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sheila as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Sheila appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 88 times during the last 125 years.
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