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Sheela

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 683

Ireland

#430

1970 births

Sheela is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2015 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1988, when 27 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1943.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Sheela over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

183
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Sheela by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 43
1950s 105
1960s 115
1970s 138
1980s 183
1990s 74
2000s 16
2010s (to 2015) 5

How popular is Sheela?

In 2015, Sheela was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Sheela is used

Ireland #430 4 in 1970
United States #17,826 5 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Sheela

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Sheela

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sheela — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Sheela

How popular is the name Sheela?

In 2015, Sheela was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Sheela a girl's or a boy's name?

Sheela is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Sheela?

Sheela has 2 syllables.

When was Sheela most popular?

Sheela peaked in 1988, when 27 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.