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    The first name Shelia

    A girl’s name.

    2 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    A female given name, variant of Sheila.

    A form of Sheila.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Shelia at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2023, 7 girls born in the United States were named Shelia, the 13,266th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1959, when 2,283 were.

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    47,891
    babies named Shelia since 1880
    #13,266
    rank in 2023
    1959
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Shelia

    1 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shelia Burrell
      American athletics competitor (born 1972)

    Questions

    Is Shelia a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 47,891 US babies named Shelia since 1880 were girls.
    When was Shelia most popular?
    1959 in the United States, when 2,283 babies were named Shelia, its highest rank at 170th.
    What name is Shelia a form of?
    Shelia is a form of Sheila.