Shelah
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1974
15 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
510
since 1935
Born a Shelah? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Shelah was most popular in 1974, when 15 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shelah in 2025. Not recorded since 2008.
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 | 17504 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | 13430 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 11 | 7498 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | 10479 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 12 | 6976 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | 9247 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 9 | 7691 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | 9825 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | 8523 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | 6291 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 15 | 4686 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | 8224 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 11 | 5885 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 6789 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 9010 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 6385 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 13 | 4942 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 8 | 6611 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 4854 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 15 | 4041 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 14 | 4155 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 5959 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 6619 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 10 | 5061 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 8 | 5456 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | 4222 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 4300 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 13 | 3558 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 12 | 3733 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 9 | 4636 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 12 | 3801 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | 4865 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 12 | 3793 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 12 | 3688 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 7 | 5031 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 8 | 4520 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 14 | 3150 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 13 | 3225 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 12 | 3325 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 10 | 3687 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 9 | 3796 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 9 | 3714 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 8 | 3962 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 9 | 3612 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 13 | 2828 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 6 | 4764 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | 3665 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 6 | 4025 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 8 | 3378 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 11 | 2861 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | 3503 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | 4204 | <5 | — |
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