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.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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