Shila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHEE-lah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Shila is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shila come from?
Sanskrit: Indian name, from Sanskrit shila 'rock' or shila 'conduct'
Is Shila a girl's or a boy's name?
Shila is a girls' name.
How popular is Shila in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the girls named Shila in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
Names like Shila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha Asha Isha Krisha Priya Aisha Shira Maya Shreya Dhara Anya Radhika
Names related to Shila
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Shila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shila, updated 20 October 2026.