Over the past 110 years, 23 boys and 235 071 girls have been named Sheila. The name Sheila ranks 8579th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Sheila in 1942. The peak of popularity of the name Sheila came in the 1940s and 1950s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.