Shelsea

Peak · girls
1997 · 36 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
658
since 1971

Shelsea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shelsea has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,224, 1997girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#12,1617
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2021#15,2515
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2019#11,3568
2018#12,4647
2017#15,9025
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2015#16,4195
2014#8,96612
2013#9,61211
2012#9,10912
2011#5,93522
2010#4,60831
2009#8,05815
2008#7,07318
2007#7,39417
2006#5,54524
2005#5,43723
2004#5,96920
2003#6,57617
2002#4,76725
2001#4,83424
2000#3,73834
1999#4,20127
1998#4,14227
1997#3,22436
1996#6,72313
1995#4,34823
1994#7,09712
1993#4,10025
1992#4,38223
1991#3,93626
1990#5,06018
1989#4,52220
1988#7,11110
1987#7,3539
1986#8,5237
1985#6,9559
1984#10,4225
1983#10,2755
1982#10,5175
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Shelsea! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shelsea is popular in 2025

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

See more about Shelsea
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
  • 1,477 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1997 at #3,224 (36 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 6 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 48,353
  • Highest: 1 in 48,353 girls born in 1997 were named Shelsea (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 35.0% of all girls named Shelsea (230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s11#7,984 (1975)#8,154
1980s70#4,522 (1989)#8,210
1990s230#3,224 (1997)#4,721
2000s217#3,738 (2000)#5,939
2010s113#4,608 (2010)#10,486
2020s17#12,161 (2024)#14,118

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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