Feminine dossier · first seen 1907

Sheila

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sheila
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.9% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

8,777

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1907Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

98.9%

2024

All-time

238,706

Sheila once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 8,777 girls were named Sheila.

In 2024, only 97 girls were given the name.

Down 98.9% from its peak.

All told, about 238,706 Americans have been named Sheila and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1907.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.9% from peak

19628,777 girls named Sheila

202497 girls named Sheila

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