Shella
#6,490 most common girls' name of all time · #10,943 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1909–2024
Rank among girls
#6,490
Rank overall
#10,943 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
1,129
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1959 #1,707
Best rank
#1,707 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 42/yr
Shella first appears in 1909. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,583 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,063 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,618 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,148 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,534 |
| 1998 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,197 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,892 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,548 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,651 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,119 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,278 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,336 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,965 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,474 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,105 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,496 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,093 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,481 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,786 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,975 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,640 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,292 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,456 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,717 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,938 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,846 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,078 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,081 |
| 1973 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,256 |
| 1972 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,619 |
| 1971 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1970 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,965 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,537 |
| 1968 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,179 |
| 1967 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,232 |
| 1966 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1965 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,217 |
| 1964 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,048 |
| 1963 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,034 |
| 1962 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,048 |
| 1961 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,432 |
| 1960 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,844 |
| 1959 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,707 |
| 1958 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,137 |
| 1957 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,373 |
| 1956 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,881 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,276 |
| 1954 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,264 |
| 1953 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,561 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,456 |
| 1951 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,211 |
| 1950 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,153 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,261 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,235 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,969 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,574 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,577 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,363 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,876 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,366 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,058 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,886 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,508 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,640 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,770 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,801 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,812 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,187 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,482 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,420 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,206 |