Sheyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAY-la
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
Sheyla is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. In 2025 it ranked 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Sheyla mean?
Latin: Spanish-language spelling of Sheila, from Cecilia
“blind”
Sheila anglicises Irish Síle, which came from the Roman name Cecilia.
Is Sheyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sheyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,326among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Sheyla, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 309 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Sheyla than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Sheyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 200 girls in the US were given Sheyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #2,326 for this spelling alone.
Sheyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,884 |
| 2023 | 84 | #2,229 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 85 | #2,186 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,651 |
| 2018 | 86 | #2,179 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,432 |
| 2016 | 95 | #2,068 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,940 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,849 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,782 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,598 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,500 |
| 2009 | 170 | #1,392 |
| 2008 | 252 | #1,038 |
| 2007 | 250 | #1,048 |
| 2006 | 309 | #862 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,406 |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,386 |
| 2003 | 172 | #1,226 |
| 2002 | 204 | #1,050 |
| 2001 | 215 | #996 |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,586 |
| 1999 | 69 | #2,179 |
| 1998 | 71 | #2,063 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,369 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,583 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 48 | #2,568 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
Names like Sheyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Salma Samira Zaira Summer Ayla Amira Aaliyah Zainab Salem Hafsa Huda
Other spellings of Sheyla
Names related to Sheyla
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sheyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sheyla, updated 20 October 2026.