Sheyla Girl
How popular is Sheyla?
#2,326 girl name in 2025
78 baby girls were named Sheyla in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name.
Sheyla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,326 for girls (▼ 442 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 78 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,169 in 2015, #2,549 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (309 girls) |
| Highest rank | #862 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sheyla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sheila family of names ranked #1,247 for girls in 2025 (#1,027 the year before), with 143 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sheila | 65 | 45% |
| Sheyla | 78 | 55% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sheyla is most popular
Babies named Sheyla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 girls)
Sheyla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 44 | #6,361 |
| 1980s | 143 | #3,667 |
| 1990s | 524 | #2,063 |
| 2000s | 1,985 | #862 |
| 2010s | 1,018 | #1,500 |
| 2020s | 527 | #1,884 |
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Questions
- Is Sheyla a boy or girl name?
- Sheyla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sheyla were girls.
- How popular is the name Sheyla?
- 78 baby girls were named Sheyla in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name.
- When was Sheyla most popular?
- Sheyla peaked in 2006, when 309 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #862 in 2006.
- How many people are named Sheyla?
- 4,241 babies have been named Sheyla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,201 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Sheyla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sheyla was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.