Shelagh

Girl · recorded 1942–1999

  • 1999last recorded
  • 1950best year

Most popular in 1950.

Last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shelagh.

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Its story

Popularity since 1942

071319421956197119851999

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 48 recorded years as a table
Shelagh, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19424
19455
19463
19475
19483
19493
195013
19529
19533
19548
19558
19566
19578
19582
19593
19604
196111
196210
196310
196411
19659
19669
196711
196811
196912
19705
19718
19727
19738
19749
19775
19785
19795
19804
19814
19835
19844
19855
19864
19873
19885
19894
19905
19913
19924
19943
19963
19993

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shelagh isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1999
5
Rank in 1999
#14,411
How rare
1 in 354,764 girls
Since 1942
510

Shelagh was last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1950, at 13 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shelagh doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.