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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |