Girls' name · since 1988
Shealee
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 237 babies named Shealee, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
237 girls have been named Shealee since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shealee has 237 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2023.
- #18,132 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 237 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shealee ranks #18,132 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 237 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shealee's 237 recorded births place it above 74.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shealee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shealee splits its recorded history at 2003: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shealee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Shealee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (119 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Shealee's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Shealee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
119 births
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 119 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Shealee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shealee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1988–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Shealee 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 August 2026.