Shela
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,398since 1935
Shela over time
Rank among girls' names. Shela has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 |
| 1965 | #1,829 | 39 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shela! It came in at #4,204, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shela is popular in 1963
No state had 5 or more girls named Shela in 1963, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shela
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1950 at #1,375 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 38,933 girls born in 1950 were named Shela (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- 24.1% of all girls named Shela (337) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 28 | #3,434 (1937) | #3,989 |
| 1940s | 184 | #1,767 (1949) | #2,280 |
| 1950s | 328 | #1,375 (1950) | #1,829 |
| 1960s | 337 | #1,829 (1965) | #2,048 |
| 1970s | 183 | #2,450 (1970) | #3,841 |
| 1980s | 166 | #2,987 (1988) | #5,017 |
| 1990s | 136 | #4,497 (1991) | #7,314 |
| 2000s | 36 | #10,102 (2001) | #13,038 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shela in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 48,188 of them was named Shela, which outranked 76.0% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,815Yevette41
- #1,815Zella41
- #1,815Zelma41
- #1,839Shela40
- #1,839Adina40
- #1,839Arletha40
- #1,839Carlyn40
- #1,867Alba39
- #1,867Alvina39
- #1,867Armida39
Tied with 27 names at #1,839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.