Shella
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,129since 1909
Shella over time
Rank among girls' names. Shella 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 34 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,835 | 38 |
| 1959 | #1,695 | 42 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Shella! It came in at #1,957, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1915, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shella is popular in 1962
No state had 5 or more girls named Shella in 1962, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shella
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1959 at #1,695 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 48,178 girls born in 1959 were named Shella (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 26.8% of all girls named Shella (303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,957 (1909) | #1,957 |
| 1910s | 14 | #3,258 (1916) | #3,775 |
| 1920s | 28 | #3,665 (1924) | #4,621 |
| 1930s | 43 | #2,300 (1939) | #3,698 |
| 1940s | 81 | #2,511 (1944) | #3,212 |
| 1950s | 241 | #1,695 (1959) | #2,273 |
| 1960s | 303 | #1,835 (1960) | #2,195 |
| 1970s | 205 | #2,375 (1971) | #3,506 |
| 1980s | 116 | #3,625 (1981) | #6,469 |
| 1990s | 69 | #6,253 (1991) | #9,861 |
| 2000s | 11 | #13,521 (2001) | #14,276 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,959 (2010) | #14,959 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,477 (2024) | #13,477 |
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.
Shella in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 59,594 of them was named Shella, which outranked 73.2% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,989Walter34
- #1,989Willette34
- #1,989Wynne34
- #2,031Shella33
- #2,031Angella33
- #2,031Annett33
- #2,031Arthur33
- #2,073Adelaide32
- #2,073Adelita32
- #2,073Alfredia32
Tied with 41 names at #2,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.