Girls' name · since 1976
Shekela
82 babies named Shekela in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,403 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
82 girls have been named Shekela since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shekela has been recorded 82 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1992.
- #29,403 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shekela ranks #29,403 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,403 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shekela's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shekela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shekela's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shekela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1992
- Peak year (1979)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Shekela by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (36 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Shekela's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Shekela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 36 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Shekela's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 1990s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shekela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1976–1992 (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 Shekela 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.