Sheliah
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 52 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 435since 1943
Sheliah over time
Rank among girls' names. Sheliah 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
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| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
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| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
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| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
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| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
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| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
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| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sheliah! It came in at #4,196, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sheliah is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#434 · 1 in 4,805
- Alabama#507 · 1 in 6,041
- Georgia#555 · 1 in 6,577
- Texas#999 · 1 in 15,986
Best ever in a state: #434 in Tennessee, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #434 | 8 | 1 in 4,805 |
| Alabama | #507 | 6 | 1 in 6,041 |
| Georgia | #555 | 7 | 1 in 6,577 |
| Texas | #999 | 7 | 1 in 15,986 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sheliah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1955 at #1,383 (52 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 37,601 girls born in 1955 were named Sheliah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,042 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
- 54.7% of all girls named Sheliah (238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 38 | #3,240 (1947) | #3,962 |
| 1950s | 238 | #1,383 (1955) | #2,434 |
| 1960s | 102 | #2,605 (1962) | #4,177 |
| 1970s | 13 | #6,362 (1970) | #7,462 |
| 1980s | 18 | #8,778 (1987) | #10,006 |
| 1990s | 10 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,238 |
| 2000s | 16 | #14,179 (2004) | #15,105 |
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.
Sheliah in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 37,601 of them was named Sheliah, which outranked 79.5% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,371Sherlyn53
- #1,371Sherrell53
- #1,371Yasmin53
- #1,383Sheliah52
- #1,383Cleta52
- #1,383Concepcion52
- #1,383Danelle52
- #1,404Alane51
- #1,404Arlette51
- #1,404Barb51
Tied with 20 names at #1,383; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.