first name
SHELIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 33,324 people named Shelia, 54.8% reported their origin as White, 40% as Black and 2.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shelia peaked in 1959, when 2,293 babies got the name.
At least 47,891 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Shelia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #354. The largest share of babies named Shelia, 63.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shelia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shelia has been most common in Mississippi (4.8×), Alabama (4.4×), and Louisiana (4×), and least common in Washington (0.05×).
44,848 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shelia, most common first.
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