Sheyla
Feminine · “blind”
Sheyla is the Spanish spelling of Sheila, and the Irish Síle behind it descends from a Latin name meaning blind.
How old is the name Sheyla?
Sheyla first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Sheyla alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 4,200 people named Sheyla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sheyla most popular?
Sheyla peaked in 2006, reaching #862 nationally. Today it ranks #2326, 1,464 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.
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Where it comes from
From caecus to Sheyla
The story of Sheyla
Caecilia was a great Roman family name, and Saint Cecilia became the patron of music through a misreading of her passion narrative. Irish made Síle, English Sheila, and Spanish-speaking families Sheyla. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
blind
Through Sheila, from the Irish Síle, from the Latin Caecilia, feminine of Caecilius, from caecus, 'blind'. The Roman family name is ancient and the derivation standard. The Sheyla spelling follows Spanish orthography.
How the name formed
- caecus
- Caecilia
- Síle
- Sheyla
Related forms: Sheyla · Sheila · Síle
Pronouncing Sheyla
SHAY-lah
Two syllables, stress on the first. English Sheila is SHEE-luh, which differs.
Nicknames for Sheyla
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 2006309 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #862reached in 2006
- Change vs 2024
- −26.4%78 in 2025, from 106
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sheyla in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sheyla in Spanish — same name
- Sheila in English — spelling variant
- Síle in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Sheylas among us
people named Sheyla are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,606 born in 2025 was named Sheyla
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Sheyla
- #2326
- Sheyla on the 2025 chart
- #817
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sheyla went to 78 girls in 2025, but Sheila is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 143, which makes it the 817th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,509 places above the chart.
- Sheyla78
- Sheila65
About 1 girl in 11,240 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,606 for Sheyla itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kimberlie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sheyla's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kimberlie climbed just as high around 1965, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kimberlie's path sketches the road Sheyla is walking now.
Sheyla sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sheyla is headed
Sheyla looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sheyla beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sheyla in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Saint Cecilia became patron of music through a misreading is a first-rate fact.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk once heard.
- It is standard in Spanish-speaking use.
- The literal meaning is 'blind'.
- Sheila and Sheyla are said differently.
- It reads as specifically Latin American.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sheylas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,200 people named Sheyla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Sheyla?
- Sheyla is the most-used spelling in US records — 78 of the 143 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Sheila.
- How popular is the name Sheyla in 2025?
- Sheyla ranks #2326 among US girl names in 2025, with 78 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sheyla?
- About 1 in every 20,606 US girls born in 2025 was named Sheyla — 78 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sheyla with classmates?
- Sheyla will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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