Shella
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1959
42 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,129
since 1909
Born a Shella? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Shella was most popular in 1959, when 42 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.02 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shella in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 123%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | <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 | 6 | 14959 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 13521 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 10122 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 5 | 13386 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 11 | 7604 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 10 | 8065 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 14 | 6253 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | 9247 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | 8391 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 15 | 5074 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 13 | 5459 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | 6031 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 9 | 6705 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 11 | 5911 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 22 | 3625 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 13 | 5245 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 16 | 4420 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 14 | 4679 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 18 | 3911 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 17 | 3812 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 23 | 3052 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 15 | 4041 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 20 | 3233 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 27 | 2598 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 32 | 2375 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 23 | 2938 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 27 | 2515 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 31 | 2164 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 29 | 2212 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 23 | 2519 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 29 | 2204 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 34 | 2040 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 34 | 2015 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 33 | 2031 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 25 | 2411 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 38 | 1835 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 42 | 1695 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 28 | 2117 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 23 | 2347 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 33 | 1871 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 13 | 3225 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 23 | 2240 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 18 | 2516 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 19 | 2411 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 21 | 2182 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 21 | 2121 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 11 | 3176 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 11 | 3137 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 13 | 2898 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 6 | 4417 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 13 | 2511 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 9 | 3249 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 7 | 3738 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 11 | 2572 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 13 | 2300 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 9 | 2940 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 6 | 3701 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 5 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | 4411 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | 4550 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | 4570 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | 4805 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 8 | 3665 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | 4967 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 5 | 5099 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 6 | 4291 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 8 | 3258 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 6 | 1957 | <5 | — |
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