Shiela

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Shiela is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 3.9K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 27K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈85,000 people, est.

Sources
296 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shiela counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shiela is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#153≈85,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K35KShiela147
ID Indonesia—≈68,000 est.≈1 in 3.9K—Shiela47
US United States—4,3061 in 77K4.3KShiela296
ZA South Africa—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 27K—Shiela25
GB United Kingdom—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 35KlistedShiela91
AE United Arab Emirates—≈630 est.≈1 in 16K—Shiela43
SG Singapore—≈350 est.≈1 in 18K—Shiela27
KW Kuwait—≈130 est.≈1 in 23K—Shiela14

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shiela is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bangla given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, India, United States, Malaysia

    Also written ଶୀଲା

  • Russian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Russia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Шиела

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 32 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Shiela
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20204.3K#4,368
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1970216—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1963157—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1964156—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1965146—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1971139—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1961136—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1966134—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1969132—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1959131—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1968129—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1962127—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shiela a male or female name?
Shiela is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Shiela have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 85 thousand people named Shiela in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shiela.
How common is the name Shiela?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,306 people named Shiela in 2020, about 1 in 77 thousand residents.
How common is Shiela compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Shiela is the 153rd most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shiela” — the 153rd most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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