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Girl name

Sheilia

100% girls · last recorded 1983

Sheilia has been given to about 384 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1966, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 329
Median age today64 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sheilia per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1966 · 20
  • Born in 20250
  • All time384

How popular is Sheilia?

Its best year was 1966, when 20 babies were given the name, ranking 2829th. The typical living American called Sheilia is about 64 years old today.

Names that sound like Sheilia

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shelia0.85
  2. Sheila0.80
  3. Sheyla0.73
  4. Cecilia0.68
  5. Emilia0.68
  6. Celia0.64
  7. Delia0.64
  8. Silvia0.64

Middle names for Sheilia

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sheilia Josephine0.84
  2. Sheilia Rose0.83
  3. Sheilia Louise0.83
  4. Sheilia June0.82
  5. Sheilia Pearl0.82
  6. Sheilia Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Sheilia

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Pennysister · 0.68
  2. Gwensister · 0.67
  3. Margosister · 0.63
  4. Chrisbrother · 0.62
  5. Rockybrother · 0.61
  6. Jaybrother · 0.60

Where Sheilia is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Sheilia White0.78
    2. Sheilia Reyes0.78
    3. Sheilia Nguyen0.78
    4. Sheilia Moore0.78
    5. Sheilia Lee0.78
    6. Sheilia Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Sheilia

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.