Shelagh — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelagh

The Social Security Administration has registered 510 babies named Shelagh between 1942 and 1999, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelagh currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelagh performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shelagh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shelagh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelagh 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 510 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.