Shelia
Shelia is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Shelia Burrell, retired American heptathlete Shelia Conover, American sprint canoeist Shelia Eddy, American convicted of murder Shelia Goss, American author, freelance writer, and screenwriter Shelia Guberman, Russian scientist in computer science, nuclear physics, geology, geophysics, medicine, and perception Shelia Jordan, the Mayor…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Shelia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shelia is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Shelia Burrell, retired American heptathlete Shelia Conover, American sprint canoeist Shelia Eddy, American convicted of murder Shelia Goss, American author, freelance writer, and screenwriter Shelia Guberman, Russian scientist in computer science, nuclear physics, geology, geophysics, medicine, and perception Shelia Jordan, the Mayor…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Shelia
Shelia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1915, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1959: 2,283 births, good for #170 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Shelias. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 48K Shelias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Shelia
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About the name Shelia
Shelia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 48K births in the dataset. Shelia's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #170. Use the chart and map above to compare Shelia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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