Girls' name · since 1960
Mashelle
114 babies named Mashelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 114
- total births
- 1960–1995
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
Mashelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 114 have been recorded since 1960.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mashelle has been recorded 114 times among girls since 1960, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1995.
- 114 total births
- 1960–1995 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 64% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mashelle's 114 recorded births place it above 64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mashelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mashelle's full recorded timeline at 1967, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mashelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1995
- Peak year (1964)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Mashelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Mashelle's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Mashelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
73 births
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 73 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Mashelle's decade-level peak was the 1960s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mashelle: Baby Name Since 1960 - 114 Births, Peak 1964." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mashelle. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mashelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.