Is Shiela a boy or girl name?
Shiela was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 4,408 US babies named Shiela were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Shiela since 1908
- 4,408
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 216 babies
Boys and girls named Shiela, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 7 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 50 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 160 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 535 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 940 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,355 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 906 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 300 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 135 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 15 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 8 | #11,897 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 7 | #12,943 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 6 | #14,159 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 10 | #8,930 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 8 | #10,419 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 8 | #10,382 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 18 | #5,419 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 17 | #5,645 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,828 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 25 | #4,189 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 22 | #4,503 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 16 | #5,508 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 13 | #6,231 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 33 | #2,964 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 30 | #3,121 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 37 | #2,646 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 31 | #2,901 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 25 | #3,324 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 47 | #2,178 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 29 | #3,052 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 39 | #2,480 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 44 | #2,240 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 47 | #2,045 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,897 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 75 | #1,419 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,773 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 72 | #1,424 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,191 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 116 | #1,016 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 139 | #934 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 216 | #714 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 132 | #926 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 129 | #911 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 112 | #969 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 134 | #867 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 146 | #824 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 156 | #837 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 157 | #836 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 127 | #944 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 136 | #921 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 126 | #953 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 131 | #916 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 98 | #1,065 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 115 | #967 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,032 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 81 | #1,110 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 76 | #1,139 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 92 | #1,007 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 81 | #1,054 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 92 | #975 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 75 | #1,070 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,046 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,029 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 79 | #1,000 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,120 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 56 | #1,045 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 40 | #1,270 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,272 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,177 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,183 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 25 | #1,585 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 20 | #1,784 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 19 | #1,863 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 17 | #1,987 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 29 | #1,373 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 23 | #1,601 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 7 | #3,755 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 13 | #2,384 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 11 | #2,810 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 9 | #3,186 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 12 | #2,669 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 12 | #2,718 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 7 | #4,222 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 7 | #4,252 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,671 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 13 | #2,795 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,898 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,863 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,830 |
Highest rank
Shiela has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #714 in 1970. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.