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Sheila
Pronounced /ˈʃiːlə/
Rank in 2024
#2,007
Born in 2024
97
Peak year
1962 · #52
Origin
Irish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 97 girls were named Sheila, about 1 in every 16,631.
- It peaked in 1962 with 8,777 babies, ranked #52.
- It first shows up in the records in 1907.
- 238,706 girls have been named Sheila since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Sheila per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 1.3Silent1928–45
- 3.7Boomers1946–64
- 2.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,700 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 27,675 babies, 1.34 per 1,000. Boomers: 131,435 babies, 3.67 per 1,000. Gen X: 60,135 babies, 2.35 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,963 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,392 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,406 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicized spelling of Irish Síle, equivalent to Caelia. Doublet of Celia. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʃiːlə/ ==== Proper noun ==== Sheila A female given name from Irish, popular in the UK from the 1920s to the 1950s; variant forms Shelagh, Sheelagh, Sheilagh, Sheela, Sile. ===== Descendants ===== → Cebuano: Sheila → Japanese: シェイラ → Portuguese: Sheila → Spanish: Sheila ===== Translations =====
- A female given name from Irish, popular in the UK from the 1920s to the 1950s; variant forms Shelagh, Sheelagh, Sheilagh, Sheela, Sile.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈʃiːlə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Sheila, CC BY-SA 4.0.