The baby name Sheila is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈʃiːlə/.
The baby name Sheila is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈʃiːlə/.
Sheila is Irish, Latin in Origin.
Sheila is an English spelling of Irish Síle, the Irish vernacular form of Latin Caecilia, feminine of the Roman family name Caecilius. That nomen is usually connected with Latin caecus, blind, plus the family-name suffix -ilius; the older Roman form Caecilia is the earliest secure form behind the name. The literal sense is blind, though later confusion with Caelia, from caelum, heaven, explains the occasional heavenly gloss.
The name entered Irish naming through Christian devotion to Saint Cecilia, the Roman martyr and patron saint of music, then passed into English as Sheila, Sheelagh, Shelagh, and Sheilagh. In Britain, Ireland, Australia, and North America it became familiar in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; U.S. data show its strongest run from the 1930s to the 1960s, reaching No. 49 in 1965. Modern use is quieter than at midcentury.
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2022 | #1 | — | 935 |
| FJ | Girls | 0 | #7 | 3 | 583 |
| BW | 0 | #19 | 1 | 960 | |
| HT | Girls | 0 | #23 | 1 | 950 |
| BN | 0 | #30 | 3 | 2,297 | |
| NA | 0 | #32 | 2 | 2,537 | |
| ID | 0 | #35 | 5 | 2,238 | |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| PH | 0 | #41 | 56 | 5,607 | |
| PR | 0 | #45 | 11 | 1,497 | |
| MO | 0 | #49 | 4 | 2,706 | |
| CY | 0 | #60 | 1 | 1,632 | |
| LU | 0 | #64 | 3 | 2,830 | |
| AO | 0 | #73 | 5 | 2,729 | |
| AL | 0 | #75 | 2 | 2,372 | |
| JP | 0 | #75 | 3 | 4,057 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #80 | 91 | 3,171 |
| SI | 0 | #80 | 1 | 1,612 | |
| CN | 0 | #83 | 4 | 3,857 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #85 | 22 | 5,459 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #87 | 431 | 13,098 |
| QA | 0 | #89 | 12 | 7,011 | |
| JM | 0 | #92 | 2 | 3,714 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #92 | 386 | 8,539 |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #96 | 7 | 3,319 |
| TW | 0 | #98 | 6 | 4,523 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #102 | 47 | 4,216 |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #104 | 18 | 3,755 |
| OM | 0 | #113 | 9 | 6,215 | |
| KW | 0 | #114 | 8 | 5,216 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #117 | 101 | 4,575 |
| EC | 0 | #121 | 1 | 2,502 | |
| MU | 0 | #121 | 16 | 3,613 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #130 | 57 | 4,850 |
| Norway | Girls | 1996 | #131 | 4 | 549 |
| PA | 0 | #132 | 7 | 3,797 | |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #133 | 3 | 1,786 |
| GR | 0 | #133 | 3 | 3,911 | |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #134 | 5,234 | 5,561 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #134 | 18 | 3,773 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| CR | 0 | #142 | 17 | 5,526 | |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #142 | 1 | 1,888 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #142 | 263 | 6,973 |
| AE | 0 | #154 | 24 | 10,220 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| UY | 0 | #158 | 20 | 2,477 | |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #171 | 3,052 | 12,708 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #177 | 3 | 1,568 |
| AR | 0 | #177 | 10 | 2,915 | |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #177 | 1 | 2,769 |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| RU | 0 | #190 | 5 | 3,641 | |
| DK | 0 | #192 | 12 | 5,198 | |
| GH | 0 | #197 | 47 | 5,396 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #197 | 121 | 15,378 |
| SG | 0 | #199 | 71 | 11,010 | |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #200 | 1 | 1,904 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #203 | 43 | 6,592 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #205 | 497 | 6,731 |
| BR | 0 | #206 | 147 | 5,969 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #206 | 19 | 7,146 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #207 | 16 | 4,141 |
| PL | 0 | #211 | 2 | 2,600 | |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #213 | 47 | 7,507 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #215 | 37 | 7,056 |
| PS | 0 | #219 | 8 | 5,692 | |
| PT | 0 | #221 | 26 | 4,161 | |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #222 | 18 | 3,650 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #225 | 1 | 3,308 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #226 | 477 | 18,916 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #231 | 12 | 6,293 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #231 | 46 | 8,139 |
| BD | 0 | #239 | 3 | 5,992 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #241 | 2,591 | 25,928 |
| Spain | 0 | #246 | 242 | 2,326 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #248 | 2 | 5,568 |
| NG | 0 | #250 | 15 | 5,926 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #252 | 65 | 7,429 |
| MY | 0 | #252 | 79 | 12,352 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #255 | 2 | 7,111 |
| IL | 0 | #257 | 18 | 6,291 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #267 | 212 | 7,952 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #271 | 257 | 19,177 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #273 | 2 | 3,535 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| SA | 0 | #278 | 18 | 10,560 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #280 | 117 | 15,987 |
| PE | 0 | #280 | 31 | 6,350 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #281 | 5 | 2,795 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #284 | 210 | 9,861 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #286 | 281 | 20,968 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #292 | 3 | 3,687 |
| GT | 0 | #294 | 21 | 5,948 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #297 | 53 | 8,829 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| HK | 0 | #313 | 36 | 8,483 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #314 | 12 | 7,570 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #318 | 1,100 | 24,821 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| ZA | 0 | #330 | 118 | 14,421 | |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #336 | 340 | 8,289 |
| BO | 0 | #337 | 45 | 6,868 | |
| NL | 0 | #345 | 47 | 2,481 | |
| MX | 0 | #346 | 68 | 8,339 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #348 | 4 | 5,378 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #350 | 309 | 9,488 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #354 | 5 | 7,678 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #358 | 4 | 8,138 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #363 | 2 | 5,096 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #367 | 170 | 11,342 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #367 | 3 | 8,477 |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #375 | 17 | 1,368 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #376 | 11 | 8,413 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #380 | 2 | 7,951 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #388 | 120 | 7,500 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #390 | 31 | 1,885 |
| YE | 0 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| CL | 0 | #399 | 13 | 6,867 | |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #402 | 4 | 3,185 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #402 | 7 | 11,440 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #409 | 5 | 5,922 |
| EG | 0 | #410 | 3 | 6,387 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #414 | 207 | 16,104 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #416 | 126 | 11,671 |
| Germany | 0 | #419 | 19 | 2,542 | |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #427 | 792 | 14,861 |
| CO | 0 | #450 | 31 | 7,768 | |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #454 | 70 | 10,981 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #473 | 598 | 5,933 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #476 | 23 | 11,913 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #480 | 4 | 7,628 |
| BH | 0 | #491 | 63 | 17,937 | |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #494 | 6 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #504 | 2 | 9,305 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #507 | 24 | 8,334 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #519 | 99 | 11,648 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #520 | 6 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #530 | 1,080 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1,598 | 9,415 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #554 | 246 | 15,093 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #555 | 3 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #558 | 2 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #567 | 387 | 25,931 |
| IT | 0 | #569 | 147 | 4,183 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #570 | 6 | 12,054 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #598 | 615 | 16,140 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #615 | 17 | 13,121 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #617 | 6 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| LB | 0 | #645 | 14 | 13,263 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #682 | 158 | 4,949 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #686 | 53 | 3,895 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #694 | 158 | 14,098 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #711 | 41 | 12,213 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #741 | 3 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #820 | 97 | 8,487 |
| TN | 0 | #862 | 4 | 13,765 | |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #905 | 26 | 5,610 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #910 | 11 | 15,656 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #914 | 5 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #918 | 9 | 14,506 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #941 | 19 | 14,742 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #996 | 6 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,028 | 6 | 16,355 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,088 | 24 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,100 | 29 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,126 | 53 | 25,619 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,137 | 7 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,161 | 16 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,171 | 41 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,461 | 11 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,597 | 18 | 28,008 |
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