Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shela

#5,650 most common girls' name of all time · #9,577 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1935–2007

Rank among girls
#5,650
Rank overall
#9,577 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
1,398
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1950 #1,394
Best rank
#1,394 1950
Girls Boys peak 44/yr
1940196019802000

Shela first appears in 1935. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2007 5 5 #17,915
2005 5 5 #16,748
2002 9 9 #10,357
2001 9 9 #10,254
2000 8 8 #10,908
1999 5 5 #14,713
1998 11 11 #8,121
1997 8 8 #9,963
1996 15 15 #6,138
1995 11 11 #7,629
1994 17 17 #5,509
1993 13 13 #6,700
1992 17 17 #5,551
1991 22 22 #4,542
1990 17 17 #5,361
1989 22 22 #4,271
1988 34 34 #3,002
1987 31 31 #3,051
1986 16 16 #4,784
1985 18 18 #4,347
1984 14 14 #5,030
1983 13 13 #5,242
1982 5 5 #10,857
1981 13 13 #5,355
1979 13 13 #5,194
1978 13 13 #5,028
1977 18 18 #3,972
1976 15 15 #4,232
1975 21 21 #3,327
1974 11 11 #5,133
1973 23 23 #2,962
1972 23 23 #2,939
1971 16 16 #3,864
1970 30 30 #2,490
1969 37 37 #2,084
1968 29 29 #2,279
1967 28 28 #2,305
1966 36 36 #1,935
1965 39 39 #1,838
1964 36 36 #1,994
1963 40 40 #1,861
1962 32 32 #2,099
1961 31 31 #2,141
1960 29 29 #2,176
1959 28 28 #2,180
1958 34 34 #1,899
1957 29 29 #2,055
1956 29 29 #2,047
1955 27 27 #2,098
1954 30 30 #1,943
1953 37 37 #1,642
1952 33 33 #1,738
1951 37 37 #1,578
1950 44 44 #1,394
1949 29 29 #1,800
1948 26 26 #1,893
1947 24 24 #2,035
1946 26 26 #1,805
1945 13 13 #2,578
1944 15 15 #2,385
1943 20 20 #1,989
1942 14 14 #2,529
1941 7 7 #3,914
1940 10 10 #2,951
1939 6 6 #4,195
1938 5 5 #4,892
1937 7 7 #3,779
1936 5 5 #4,779
1935 5 5 #4,883