Baby name

Shela

Girl

Classic name

1950 was its best year: 44 births, or 1 baby in 79,600. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 69 of the 146 years since 1880. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

1,398births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 1374rank at its peak, in 1950

Where babies named Shela are born

1950

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The darker the blue, the more common Shela is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

One letter apart

Sheila 238,774
Shelia 47,780
Shea 12,565
Shyla 8,026
Shiela 4,408
Sheyla 4,241

Names from the same era

Starlene · Francina · Gwynne · Francene · Michaelene · Catheryn

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