Name meaning & stats
Shelia
Shelia means “blind (via Cecilia)” (Irish origin). 47,336 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“blind (via Cecilia)”
IrishForm of Sheila
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
47,336 US babies were named Shelia between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Shelia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
- Shelia 91%
- Shela 3%
- Shella 2%
- Sheela 1%
- Shelah 1%
- Sheliah 1%
- Shellia 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)