Shell**
#14,433 most common girls' name of all time · #23,864 across all names · 36% male / 64% female · used 1951–1986 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#14,433
Rank overall
#23,864 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
311
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1963 #3,444
Best rank
#3,242 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 31/yr
Shell first appears in 1951. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,383 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,731 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,990 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,520 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,902 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,711 |
| 1971 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #5,000 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,102 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,918 |
| 1968 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #5,976 |
| 1967 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #4,881 |
| 1966 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #3,896 |
| 1965 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #4,895 |
| 1963 | 15 | 16 | 31 | #3,444 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,779 |
| 1961 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #3,972 |
| 1960 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #3,886 |
| 1959 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #5,451 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #5,295 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1953 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,571 |
| 1952 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,881 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,193 |