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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shela

Shela was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1950, when it ranked 1393rd with 44 babies. More babies were named Shela in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
195044 babies
Total since 1880
1,398babies recorded

Shela popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#11,6298
1990#5,50417
1980——
1970#2,50930
1960#2,18729
1950#1,39344
1940#2,93010
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shela, counting every spelling?

Shela has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shela?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Shela are alive today, with a median age of 59; half are between 42 and 70. That makes Shela a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shela by state

How common Shela was among girls born in each state in 1948–1952, around its peak. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shela, girls, 1948–1952. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Shela: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shela, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shela

How popular is the name Shela?

Shela was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1950, when it ranked 1393rd with 44 babies. More babies were named Shela in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Shela a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,398 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shela most popular?

In 1948–1952, Shela was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and North Carolina.