Shela
Shela is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195044 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1935
- 1,398people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,398 girls have been named Shela in the United States since 1935, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 44 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 44 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 24%.
By decade
In 1950, its biggest year
Shela was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1950 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Susan. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with Shela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sherilynpeak 1946
- Denysepeak 1956
- Tonipeak 1960
- Baripeak 1960
- Michelinepeak 1951
- Celindapeak 1954
- Starlenepeak 1950
- Maribethpeak 1957
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.