Baby name

Shelia

Girl

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1959, with 2,283 births and the No. 170 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 0 births a year. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 39% of all babies named Shelia since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

47,780births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 170rank at its peak, in 1959

Where babies named Shelia are born

1959

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shelia is most common in Mississippi (4.6 times), Alabama (4.4) and Tennessee (3.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Shelba 2,136
Shela 1,398
Shella 1,129
Shelva 1,117

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