Sheli

Girl · recorded 1954–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1968best year

Most popular in 1968.

Last recorded in 1991. 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 Sheli.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1954

0132619541963197319821991

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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 34 recorded years as a table
Sheli, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19544
19555
19574
19588
19596
196010
19618
196214
196314
196419
196515
196618
196718
196826
196918
197017
197122
197224
197318
197415
197515
197612
19779
197810
19797
19805
19817
19834
19853
19865
19877
19885
19904
19915

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sheli 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.

More like it

More like Sheli

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
9
Rank in 1991
#8,588
How rare
1 in 208,334 girls
Since 1954
647

Sheli was last recorded in 1991. 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 1968, at 26 per million girls born.

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

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