Name profile

Sheila

Anglicized form of Síle.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈʃiː.lə/
Usage languagesDutch, English, Irish
US rank (2025)#2,645

Meaning and history

Sheila is the anglicized form of Síle.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 279 births, rank #938
2007: 271 births, rank #988
2008: 224 births, rank #1,145
2009: 170 births, rank #1,392
2010: 186 births, rank #1,278
20112011: 183 births, rank #1,289
2012: 145 births, rank #1,523
2013: 145 births, rank #1,514
2014: 162 births, rank #1,410
2015: 124 births, rank #1,704
20162016: 114 births, rank #1,815
2017: 104 births, rank #1,930
2018: 96 births, rank #2,026
2019: 90 births, rank #2,090
2020: 131 births, rank #1,593
20212021: 115 births, rank #1,768
2022: 127 births, rank #1,659
2023: 102 births, rank #1,934
2024: 97 births, rank #2,011
20252025: 65 births, rank #2,645

Sheila moved from #941 to #990 for girls between 2006 and 2007. Its highest annual birth count came in 1962, with 8,778 births.