Girls' name · since 1963
Sheleen
Since 1963, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Sheleen, peaking in 1968. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,961 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheleen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 78 recorded since 1963.
Sheleen has 78 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1986.
- #29,961 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 78 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheleen ranks #29,961 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #29,961 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheleen's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sheleen's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1963, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sheleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1986
- Peak year (1968)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Sheleen by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (34 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Sheleen's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Sheleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
33 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 34 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Sheleen's decade-level peak was the 1970s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1980s -- 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 Sheleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1963–1986 (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 Sheleen 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.