How Many People Are Named Sheela?
An estimated 581 people in the United States have the first name Sheela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 50 years old, and Sheela peaked in popularity in 1988 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sheela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Sheela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
581
About 1 in 589,939 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1988
27 births
Total Registered
679
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sheela
Sheela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 679 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sheela as a female name
Ranked #18,731 in 2015
5 female births in 2015
Peak: 1988 (27 births)
Sheela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sheela span from the 1940s to the 2010s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 183 babies were registered. Sheela has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Sheela by Decade
How has Sheela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Sheela by State
Sheela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sheela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sheela
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sheela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sheela?
We estimate approximately 581 people named Sheela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 589,939 Americans share this first name.
Is Sheela a common name?
Sheela is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 679 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sheela most popular?
Sheela reached peak popularity in 1988, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sheela is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sheela a female name?
Sheela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sheela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sheela Smith, Sheela Johnson, Sheela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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