Shelene

Peak · girls
1970 · 26 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
321
since 1951

Shelene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shelene has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,705, 1970girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1995#10,5147
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1987#11,3255
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1979#6,6969
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1977#6,8928
1976#4,61413
1975#4,59313
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1969#3,10219
1968#3,31516
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First appearance
1951

The first year at least five girls were named Shelene! It came in at #4,833, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shelene is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shelene in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shelene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1970 at #2,705 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 67,236
  • Highest: 1 in 67,236 girls born in 1970 were named Shelene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 251,221 girls born in 1995 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 41.7% of all girls named Shelene (134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s40#3,490 (1954)#4,918
1960s110#3,102 (1969)#3,960
1970s134#2,705 (1970)#4,540
1980s30#8,128 (1981)#9,472
1990s7#10,514 (1995)#10,514

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.

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