first name
SHIELA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,306 people named Shiela, 59.9% reported their origin as White, 17.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 12.3% as Black. 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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Shiela peaked in 1970, when 216 babies got the name.
At least 4,408 babies have been given the name since 1908. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Shiela by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,534. The largest share of babies named Shiela, 43.7%, 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. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shiela is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shiela has been most common in California (2.6×), Missouri (2×), and Oklahoma (1.9×), and least common in Florida (0.57×).
1,727 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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