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Is Sheila a Male or Female Name?

Sheila is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Sheila globally is 0.3% males and 99.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nigeria with 2.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Puerto Rico with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Sheila in percentages: Globally: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United Kingdom: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Brazil: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, Spain: 0.7% males, 99.3% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Philippines: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Ireland: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, South Africa: 1.3% males, 98.7% females, Italy: 0.7% males, 99.3% females, Mexico: 0.2% males, 99.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Sheila are 65+ years old, making up 40.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Sheila in each age group: 18-24: 2.8%, 25-34: 14.3%, 35-44: 14.6%, 45-54: 10.6%, 55-64: 17.5%, 65+: 40.2%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Sheila is Mozambique with 0.2062% of the population. Following is Philippines and Puerto Rico.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Sheila measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Sheila year over year: 1956: 0.0444‰, 1957: 0.0385‰, 1958: 0.0423‰, 1959: 0.0346‰, 1960: 0.027‰, 1961: 0.0296‰, 1962: 0.0269‰, 1963: 0.0262‰, 1964: 0.0244‰, 1965: 0.0227‰, 1966: 0.0182‰, 1967: 0.0174‰, 1968: 0.0162‰, 1969: 0.0153‰, 1970: 0.0133‰, 1971: 0.0137‰, 1972: 0.0125‰, 1973: 0.012‰, 1974: 0.0139‰, 1975: 0.0111‰, 1976: 0.0139‰, 1977: 0.0112‰, 1978: 0.0142‰, 1979: 0.014‰, 1980: 0.0158‰, 1981: 0.0163‰, 1982: 0.0153‰, 1983: 0.018‰, 1984: 0.0179‰, 1985: 0.017‰, 1986: 0.0183‰, 1987: 0.0189‰, 1988: 0.0188‰, 1989: 0.0201‰, 1990: 0.0215‰, 1991: 0.0224‰, 1992: 0.0201‰, 1993: 0.014‰, 1994: 0.0126‰, 1995: 0.0088‰, 1996: 0.0081‰, 1997: 0.0048‰, 1998: 0.0067‰, 1999: 0.004‰, 2000: 0.0038‰

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