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.

Shelah

#10,901 most common girls' name of all time · #18,108 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1935–2008

Rank among girls
#10,901
Rank overall
#18,108 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
510
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1974 #4,118
Best rank
#2,947 1948
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
1940196019802000

Shelah 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
2008 5 — 5 #17,790
1999 5 — 5 #14,714
1994 5 — 5 #13,725
1993 11 — 11 #7,626
1992 7 — 7 #10,670
1991 12 — 12 #7,075
1990 8 — 8 #9,423
1989 6 — 6 #11,124
1988 9 — 9 #7,839
1987 6 — 6 #10,115
1986 7 — 7 #8,754
1985 5 — 5 #11,005
1984 10 — 10 #6,427
1983 15 — 15 #4,750
1982 7 — 7 #8,439
1981 11 — 11 #6,004
1980 9 — 9 #6,945
1979 6 — 6 #9,255
1978 9 — 9 #6,545
1977 13 — 13 #5,011
1976 8 — 8 #6,804
1975 12 — 12 #4,953
1974 15 — 15 #4,118
1973 14 — 14 #4,226
1972 8 — 8 #6,150
1971 7 — 7 #6,881
1970 10 — 10 #5,188
1969 8 — 8 #5,650
1968 11 — 11 #4,333
1967 10 — 10 #4,446
1966 13 — 13 #3,652
1965 12 — 12 #3,849
1964 9 — 9 #4,822
1963 12 — 12 #3,920
1962 8 — 8 #5,080
1961 12 — 12 #3,921
1960 12 — 12 #3,817
1959 7 — 7 #5,334
1958 8 — 8 #4,727
1957 14 — 14 #3,243
1955 13 — 13 #3,328
1954 12 — 12 #3,444
1953 10 — 10 #3,882
1952 9 — 9 #4,019
1951 9 — 9 #3,909
1950 8 — 8 #4,211
1949 9 — 9 #3,809
1948 13 — 13 #2,947
1947 6 — 6 #5,134
1946 8 — 8 #3,926
1945 6 — 6 #4,402
1944 8 — 8 #3,638
1943 11 — 11 #3,017
1940 7 — 7 #3,824
1935 5 — 5 #4,884