Shela
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1950
44 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,398
since 1935
Born a Shela? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Shela was most popular in 1950, when 44 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.03 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shela in 2025. Not recorded since 2007.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 17636 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 10246 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 10102 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 10745 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 8016 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | 6064 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | 7514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 17 | 5445 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 13 | 6622 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | 5484 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 22 | 4497 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 17 | 5286 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 22 | 4248 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 34 | 2987 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 31 | 3031 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 16 | 4724 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 18 | 4282 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 14 | 4966 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 13 | 5148 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 13 | 5254 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 13 | 5092 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 13 | 4931 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 18 | 3911 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 15 | 4154 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 21 | 3259 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 11 | 5011 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 23 | 2914 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 23 | 2903 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 16 | 3789 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 30 | 2450 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 37 | 2058 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 29 | 2246 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 28 | 2272 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 36 | 1916 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 39 | 1829 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 36 | 1975 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 40 | 1839 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 32 | 2073 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 31 | 2117 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 29 | 2150 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 28 | 2152 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 34 | 1872 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 29 | 2028 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 29 | 2005 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 27 | 2063 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 30 | 1909 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 37 | 1622 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 33 | 1713 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 37 | 1555 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 44 | 1375 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 29 | 1767 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 26 | 1858 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 24 | 1993 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 26 | 1771 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 13 | 2458 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | 2287 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 20 | 1949 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 14 | 2416 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 7 | 3559 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 10 | 2737 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 6 | 3782 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | 4342 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | 3434 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | 4181 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | 4204 | <5 | — |
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