Shella

Girl · recorded 1909–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1959best year

Most popular in 1959.

Last recorded in 2024. 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 Shella.

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

0112119091938196719952024

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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 74 recorded years as a table
Shella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190917
19168
19185
19214
19234
19246
19274
19294
19304
19325
19345
19366
19388
193912
194010
19425
19436
194410
19464
19477
19486
19496
195012
195112
195210
195310
195412
19557
195616
195711
195814
195921
196019
196112
196217
196318
196418
196516
196614
196718
196819
196916
197013
197119
197218
197314
197410
197516
197612
197712
19789
197910
19808
198113
19826
19835
19845
19856
19868
19879
19884
19893
19904
19917
19925
19946
19953
19975
19985
19993
20003
20013
20103
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shella 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 2024
6
Rank in 2024
#13,477
How rare
1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1909
1,129

Shella was last recorded in 2024. 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 1959, at 21 per million girls born.

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

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