Shekela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shekela

The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Shekela between 1976 and 1992, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shekela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shekela performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shekela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shekela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 82 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.