Shelita
#7,223 most common girls' name of all time · #12,133 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1953–1994
Rank among girls
#7,223
Rank overall
#12,133 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
966
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1974 #1,661
Best rank
#1,661 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 56/yr
Shelita first appears in 1953. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,868 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,740 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,049 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,644 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,143 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,396 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,047 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,884 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,781 |
| 1984 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,800 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,024 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,256 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,815 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,170 |
| 1979 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,264 |
| 1978 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,004 |
| 1977 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,643 |
| 1976 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,365 |
| 1975 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,801 |
| 1974 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,661 |
| 1973 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,932 |
| 1972 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,827 |
| 1971 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,706 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,512 |
| 1969 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,126 |
| 1968 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,884 |
| 1967 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,483 |
| 1966 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,450 |
| 1965 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,926 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,222 |
| 1963 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,308 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,915 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,304 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,719 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,572 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,832 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,949 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,441 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,731 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,222 |